Cycas multipinnata
Cycas multipinnata, common name Royal Sago, is a species of cycad of the Sago Palm Family in southwestern China and northern Vietnam. It is one of the tuberous species which some taxonomists segregate as the genus Epicycas, and has the longest leaf stalks of any Gymnosperm; up to. Cultivated plants have had petioles as long as. The total length of the bipinnate frond can be up to. Uniquely, the ultimate pinnules are Y-shaped. This very conspicuous plant somehow escaped notice until 1994. Among Gymnosperms, these fronds are exceeded in weight only by Encephalartos laurentianus, and the blade of C. multipinnata is by far the largest.
Distribution
Cycas multipinnata is found in:- Red River gorge in eastern Yunnan
- Honghe Nature Cycad Reserve, Yunnan
- Xilong Mountain Natural Reserve, Yunnan
- western Guangxi, China
- Yen [Bai Province], northern Vietnam