FLORA OF LAOS
Cycadaceae
Cycas chevalieri Leandri?

Luang Prabang prov., Pon Xay distr., between Houay Man and Nam Bo villages, Phou Hua Ben Toc Mountain, around point 19°57′33.1′'N 102°25′25.8′'E. Degraded primary evergreen and semideciduous forest on very steep rocky mountain slopes composed by solid marble like highly eroded limestone at elev. 500-650 m a.s.l. Lithophytic and terrestrial palm-like plant (stem-less or with short stem to 20 cm tall) on steep rocky cliffs and on alluvial slope among open secondary shrubs Occasional, locally common. Male cone fusiform, to 25 cm long with short pale, old – brown.
LA-VN 2114 5 April 2017
Coll.: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, N.S.Khang, C.Q.Ngan, T.Maisak, Vichith Lamxay, Koudkeo Phommachanh, Phizar Sayalath, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane.

All photos © - L. Averyanov & Nguyen Sinh Khang