Cycads   Zamia muricata

Conservation Status: Not threatened Distribution & Habitat: It grows as an understory plant mainly from sea level to 300m in primary forest to well-established secondary forest on rocky to clay soils in north-eastern and coastal Colombia to central coastal area of Venezuela. Description: A small cycad with a stem to 15cm tall, 2-6 leaves up to 2m long. Leaflets are oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 15-20cm long and 2-4 cm wide, and the petiole is sparsely prickled. New leaves are an attractive bronze colour. Very similar in appearance to Z. lecointei . Culture: Shady, well drained position.   Figure 2. Z. muricata female cones.

Figure 1. Z. muricata in Anderson Park Botanic Gardens, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Figure 3. Z. muricata new leaf.

Contributed by:	Gregg Cuffe (Figure 1&2)
	Colin Wilson (Figure 3)

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