What is Cycas?

Cycas:

1. Cycas is a gymnosperm.
2. Gymnosperms are nonflowering plants whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
3. Cycas come under the family Cycadaceae.
4. They are evergreen palm-like plants with unbranched central stems, which are thick and scaly.
5. It possesses coralloid roots.
6. Coralloid roots are specialized roots found in Cycas which have an association with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria.
7. Cycas are concentrated around the equatorial regions - eastern and southeastern Asia.
8. Cycas are heterosporous, i.e., it produces two kinds of spores and there are separate male and female plants(dioecious).