WorldFloraDB - Zamia furfuracea

Characteristics

A small plant. It grows 0.9 m high and spreads 2 m wide. The stems are like cylinders and are underground. It forms spreading mounds. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are broad, hairy and stiff. The leaflets are leathery and olive green. They are on spiny stalks. The fruit are pink to red cones. The seeds are 2 cm long and orange-red.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	dioecy
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Mature width (meter)	2.0
Mature height (meter)	0.9
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Nitrogen fixer	nostocaceae
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Environment

A tropical plant. It can grow in warm temperate places. It needs well drained soil. It can tolerate light shade. It can tolerate drought. It suits hardiness zones 11-12. In XTBG Yunnan.

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Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Homicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified)
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Cultivation

It is grown from seed. They can also be grown from suckers.

Mode	seedlings suckers
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