Macrozamia moorei F.Muell.

A large cycad. The trunk can be 8 m tall and 80 cm across. Young leaves are bright green. Mature leaves are 1.5-3 m long by 30-60 cm wide. They form a rounded crown. They are bluish-green. The leaf stalk is 5-10 cm long and swollen and woolly at the base. There are many leaflets. The lower leaflets are reduced to spines. The average leaflet is 20-40 cm long by 5-11 mm wide. They taper to a sharp tip. The cones are different. The male cone is 25-45 cm long by 8-10 cm wide. They are green to brownish and often curved. There can be up to 100 on one plant. The female cone is 40-90 cm long by 12-20 cm wide and barrel shaped. There are 1-8 on each plant. The seed are 4-6 cm long by 2.5-3.5 cm wide. They are oblong and bright red.

It grows naturally in Central Queensland in Australia. It grows on low hills in dry forest. These places have hot days and cold nights. They can tolerate severe frosts. They grow in places with about 500 mm rainfall. It can grow in a range of locations if the soil drainage is good. It suits hardiness zones 9-11. Adelaide Botanical Gardens. Hobart Botanical Gardens.

The seeds are pounded, roasted and soaked in running water for long periods then eaten. CAUTION: Unprepared seeds are poisonous.

Plants are grown from seed.