PACSOA - Zamia purpurea

Cycads

Zamia purpurea

Common Names:
None
Habitat:
Tropical evergreen forests of Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico
Description:
A small cycad, up to 0.5m tall. Leaves to 0.8m long, reddish brown when young.

Figure 1. A leaf with natural insecticide.
General:
Although only recently described (1983), this plant has become very popular amongst collectors because of its colourfull new leaves, so much so, that it has become seriously endangered in the wild.
Culture:
A sheltered, well drained spot in the tropics/sub-tropics.

Figure 2. New leaf of Z. purpurea

Contributed by: Lou Randal (Figure 1).
Michael Gray (Figure 2)

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Contributed by:	Lou Randal (Figure 1).
	Michael Gray (Figure 2)