Cycas circinalis
| Synonymy: Numerous; see The Cycad Pages | Distribution: Endemic to India |
| Common name: Queen sago; Hindi—jangli-madan-mast-ka-phul (lit. forest flower of sweet desire presumably ref. to aphrodisiac properties); Kanarese—mundicalu; Oriya—orguna, odasa-mari; Tamil—canningay (lit. convulsions of the hand , possible ref. to toxic properties), madanagama; Telugu—kamkshi, per ita; Sanskrit—varaguna. Source for local names: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. | Conservation status: Locally abundant |
Photo courtesy and copyright © 2001, Jan Andersson; taken in habitat in the Kandya district, state of Karnataka, India.
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