Cycas media

R.Br. (1810)

Common names

Names applied to subsp. banksii: Mara or marra [Yalanji]; badur, bodell, kamamma, kimalo, nijar [unidentified native languages] (Bonta and Osborne 2005).

Taxonomic notes

No data as of 2026-01-14.

Description

No data as of 2026-01-14.

Distribution and Ecology

No data as of 2026-01-14.

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2026-01-14.

Ethnobotany

Has been used as food by aborigines in Australia, and its stems were briefly harvested commercially for starch (Jones 1993).

Observations

No data as of 2026-01-14.

Remarks

No data as of 2026-01-14.

Citations

Bonta, Mark and Roy Osborne. 2005. Cycads in the vernacular, a compendium of local names. http://www.cycad.org/documents/Bonta-Osborne-Cycads-Vernacular.pdf, accessed 2017.12.29.

Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland., p. 348. Available: Biodiversity Heritage Library, accessed 2026.01.14.

See also