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Cycads
Zamia manicata |
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Synonymy:
Z. madida
Common Names:
None
Habitat:
Northern Colombian and southern Panamanian rainforest.
Description:
A medium sized plant with leaves to about 2m long.
It has a very distinctive collar-like structure at the join of the leaflet,
and the petiolule (leaflet stalk).
General:
Culture:
Warm, sheltered, and moist. In habitat it receives about 5m of rain a year,
so it likes it very moist.
Figure 1. Leaf of Z. manicata . You can just see the collar-like structure at
the join of the leaflet and petiolule.
| Contributed by: | Alvaro Calonje |
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