Taxon: Cycas revoluta Thunb.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• sago cycas   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ) – English
  
• sotesu-nut   (Source: Handb Nuts ) – English
  
• su tie   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• japansk kottepalm   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Cycads)
  
• Human food: starch   (fide T. Walters, pers. comm.)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press.
• Hill, K. D. & D. W. Stevenson. The cycad pages; World list of cycads (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Jones, D. L. 1993. Cycads of the world, ancient plants in today's landscapes.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Walters, T. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cycas revoluta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cycas revoluta.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cycas revoluta.

Check other web resources for Cycas revoluta Thunb.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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