Which kind of iron tree is valuable?

Friends who like cultivation and breeding should be no stranger to iron trees, and many people must have heard the saying that iron trees blossom. So which kind of iron tree is valuable? Let's have a look!

First, which kind of iron tree is valuable

The variety of cycad in iron tree is more valuable. Others include Mexican Iron, American Iron, Guangzhou Railway and Yunnan Iron Tree. Cycads are subdivided into Brazilian cycads, Sichuan cycads and Hainan cycads.

Introduction of cycad varieties

1. Brazilian cycad

The Brazilian iron tree, also known as the dragon blood tree, can grow to 6 meters high in the country of origin, with leaves half to one meter long and about 10 centimeters wide. The potted Brazilian iron tree is 50cm high and its leaves are bright green.

2. Hainan cycad

Hainan cycad is a national first-class protected plant and an endemic species, which is listed as a red endangered species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Distributed in Guangdong, Hainan Island and Haikou and other places. The feather leaves are about 1 meter long and the leaflets are loose.

3. Sichuan cycad

Sichuan cycads are similar to Yunnan cycads. Sichuan cycads have thicker leaves. Distributed in western Sichuan Emei Mountain, Leshan, Ya'an and other places. Often used as an ornamental tree in the courtyard.