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Lahore Park: Rare tree from dinosaur-era lineage puts out full crown
LAHORE: A 176-year-old Queen Sago Palm, a member of a plant lineage older than the dinosaurs, is in full leaf at Lawrence Garden, an officer of the Punjab Horticulture Authority (PHA) disclosed here on Sunday. The tree predates the historic garden, which was developed in the 1860s as a botanical garden and leisure ground. He said the garden was modelled on London’s Kew Gardens. Queen Sago Palms are Cycads, an ancient group of seed-bearing plants whose fossil record dates to the Permian period, about 280 million to 300 million years ago. The world’s oldest potted plant, a Cycad, has been at Kew...
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