Mazhar Botanic Garden

Zamia furfuracea L.f

Cardboard palm cardboard cycad Mexican Cycad

Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species: furfuracea
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000186
English name: Cardboard palm, cardboard cycad, Mexican Cycad
Arabic name: زاميا ملعقة
Native: Eastern Mexico
Country: Mexico
(PGR): Common

Cycad, with underground stem leaves 45-190 cm long, 10-30 cm wide, leaflets 8-18 pairs, leathery, obovate to oblanceolate shaped, margin slightly toothed and covered in yellowish brown hairs

A hardy ornamental Cycad used as a feature in mixed plantings or mass planted as an effective ground cover in borders, raised beds and street verges

Palmifolium furfuraceum Kuntze

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Texture: Sandy
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Water Sources: Low water
Climates: Dry
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, stem cuttings
Flowering time: Early june
Zone: 9 : 11

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