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Cycas circinalis, also known as the queen sago is a species of cycad known in the wild only from southern India. Cycas circinalis is the only gymnosperm species found among native Sri Lankan flora. Cycas circinalis is known to be endemic to the Indian subcontinent, restricted to the Western Ghats, in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and the south of Maharashtra. It typically occurs in fairly dense, seasonally dry scrubby woodlands in hilly areas. Many trees in this habitat lose their leaves in the dry season, and C. circinalis is also facultatively deciduous in extremely dry times. Cycas circinalis appears to be an adaptable species with colonies extending from rocky hill outcrops down to coastal habitats at sea level. It is locally abundant in several areas, although the habit
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