Common name: Chestnut Dioon
Family: Zamiaceae
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Country of Origin: NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)
Description: Trunk to 6 feet, very stocky. Leaves 3-6 feet long, pinnae entire in adult plants but toothed at tip in younger specimens.
Uses: Seeds are edible if cooked.
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USDA Zone:
Source: Christa's Cactus
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Culture:
Requires partial shade and rich soil.
Classification:
- Division: Cycadophyta
- Class: Cycadopsida
- SubClass: Cycadidae
- Order: Cycadales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zamiaceae
- SubFamily: Encephalartoideae
- Tribe: Diooeae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 5 May 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 5 May 2015.
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