Cycad
Zamia furfuracea L.f. ex Aiton
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.1 m
- wide
- 2.1 m
Zamiaceae
Also called Cardboard palm, Cardboard Palm, Cardboard-Palm
Formerly Palma pumila, Palmifolium furfuraceum, Zamia crassifolia, Zamia vestita
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico (Veracruz)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Spanish
- camotillo, palma bola
- Chinese
- 鳞秕泽米, 美葉蘇鐵, 美葉鳳尾蕉
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Zamia furfuracea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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