A Cycad for the Gauhara Begum

Location:

• State: Uttar Pradesh
• Locality: Agra: Taj Mahal gardens

Botany:

• Common name: Cycad: This palm-like shrub from Malayasia is part of a very ancient lineage of non-flowering plants
• Botanical species: Cycas rumphii
• Botanical family : Cycadaceae [Cycad]

Geography:

• Latitude: 27.172344 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 78.041482 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 165.9 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Spotting the Taj
• Path : An excursion to see the Taj Mahal, on my birthday
• Date photographed: 10.04.10

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