Synonymy:
Zamia maritima
,
Zamia crassifolia
,
Zamia fusca
var latifolia
Common Names:
Cardboard Sago
Distribution & Habitat:
Coastal savannah of eastern Mexico, where it can grow right down to the water.
Description:
A very distinctive cycad with thick, felty leaflets, and leaves up to 1m long.
Culture:
Easily grown, likes full sun, and sandy, well drained soils.
Very tough.
Probably the most popular cycad, after
Cycas revoluta
.
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Figure 1. Z. furfuracea
- an attractive plant in SE Queensland.
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Figure 2. A spectacular Z. furfuracea
in Sydney.
| Contributed by:
| Mike Gray (Figure 1)
| | Paul Kennedy (Figure 2)
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