Cycas angulata

It is the largest Australian Cycas species (and world wide exceeded among cycads only by Encephalartos laurentianus) with arborescent and frequently branched, near vertical single or clustered stems growing to 5 m (16 ft) (rarely 12 m (39 ft)) tall,^[2] and 15–25 cm (6–10 in) or more in diameter. Older specimens lose the leaf base scars and gain a more checkerboard appearance. The leaves are 1.1–1.7 m (3.6–5.6 ft) long, pinnate with 180-320 leaflets, the leaflets 14–23 cm (5.5–9.1 in) long and 4.5–6.5 mm (0.18–0.26 in) wide, grey-green to glaucous; there are to 40 leaves in the crown. The leaf petioles are armed with spines in younger individuals (a few millimetres long) with this trait being lost in older individuals.^{[citation needed]}

The female cones are open type sporophylls 25–50 cm (10–20 in) long, brown, each with 6-12 ovules each. The lamina is triangular ending in a sharp narrow spine. The male cones are solitary, erect, 20–25 cm (8–10 in) long and 12–15 cm (4.7–5.9 in) diameter.^{[citation needed]}

The name derives from the Latin angulatus, which translates as "angular", referring to the leaflet arrangement on the leaf petiole.^{[citation needed]}

It is occasionally grown as an ornamental plant.^{[citation needed]}