Tags: Cycad.
Cycas basaltica is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas native to Australia in the far north of Western Australia in the Kimberley region.The stems grow to 2 m (rarely 4 m) tall and 15-23 cm in diameter with a swollen base and an enlarged subterranean structure. There are 30 or more leaves in the crown forming a bowl shaped inward facing leaf crown each leaf 80-125 cm long pinnate with 140-210 leaflets. Younger plants have spiny petioles with older specimens losing this trait.