Cycas curranii

Synonymy: Cycas circinalis subsp. riuminiana var. curranii Distribution: Endemic to Palawan Island, Phillipines
Common name: Ilocano—sauang, sawang; Tagalog—bait, bayit, pitógo (preferred to potago, patubo, pitugo or bitogo); Sp.—oliba, oliva (preferred), uliba, uliva; unidentified lang.—vait. Source: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. Conservation status: Unknown

Photos courtesy and copyright © 2000, George Yao; taken in Vietville, Palawan.

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