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'''Hintala'''belongs to an ancient group of plants. It is a graceful palm like plant with though pinnate leaves and rough bark. Cycas circinalis is uncommon in India and can be found in dry as well as well as wet forests in peninsular India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Vomiting}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|SeedsStem}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Palm-like}}
==Identification==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Male and female on separate individuals|Yellow-brown|| Male Sago plants develop a cone approximately 30 cm tall coming from the center of the top.Flowering season is May to November}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|||Globose|The seeds have a spongy layer that allows them to float on water. As a slow growing plant, the seed can take from 6–18 months to germinate||Fruiting season is May to November}}
===Other features===
File:Cycas circinalis female sporophyls with one seed plus unfertilized eggs in Prague.jpg
File:Cycas circinalis03.jpg
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/cycas-circinalis.html Uses]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.nbrienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Cycas%20circinalis.pdf BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONBotanic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.594, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cycas+circinalis Cycas circinalis on thefernsthe ferns.info]* [http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/cycas-circinalis=sago-palm.php Cycas circinalis on naturalmedicinalherbsnatural medicinal herbs.net]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Cycadaceae]]
