The Malayan Fern Palm (Cycas Rumphii) grows to about 10m in height with leaves up to 2m in length. They can be Male or Female. Instead of flowers, cones grow at the trunk tips. Cones are compactly & regularly arranged on the male, but loosely arranged on the female plant. Both exude a musky scent to attract insect pollinators.
The seeds, the size of a hen's egg are dark shiny green when ripe and are poisonous. Soaking the seeds in water for a few days, changing the water frequently durin the proccess can leach out the poison (a toxic glucoside), for then a flour can be prepared from the seeds.
The Malays are said to eat the fiddleheads & also a kind of sago-like flour made from the trunks. Other parts of the plant have traditional medicinal applications.
pictures can be seen here. http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Cycas%20rumphii/Main.html
Very nicely taken pics.
