| Author: | John
Lindley, 1843 |
| Family: |
ZAMIACEAE |
| Origin: |
NW Mexico |
| Soil: |
Mix - Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
| Height: |
3
Meters |
| Flower:
|
Cones: Light
Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Offsets |
| Names:
|
Virgin
Palm, Chestnut Dioon, Mexican
Cycad |
| Synonyms: |
Dioon
aculeatum, Lem.
Dioon edule f. lanuginosum, J.Schust.
Dioon edule var. lanuginosum, Wittm.
Dioon imbricatum, Miq.
Dioon strobilaceum, Lem.
Macrozamia littoralis, Liebm. ex Dyer
Macrozamia pectinata, Liebm. ex Dyer
Platyzamia rigida, Zucc.
Zamia maelenii, Miq.
Zamia rigida, Karw. ex J.Schust. |
This member of the
Zamiaceae
family was described by John
Lindley in 1843. It is found in the Sierra Madre Oriental
Mountains, Mexico, where it grows in a well drained soil or grit wit
quiet some water and just some sun. The stem will reach 30
centimetres in diameter and three meters in height. Both the male and
the female cones are light brown, and besides seeds, this plant can
be reproduced by offsets.
The genera name from the Greek
dis 'twice' and oon 'egg'; refers to the paired seeds.
The species name means 'edible'.
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