Dioon angustifolium
Edible-Seed Cycas
Dioon edule
Lindl. Species
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- Botanical name
- Dioon edule
- Also known as
- Edible-Seed Cycas
- Family
- Zamiaceae
- Genus
- Dioon
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Edible-Seed Cycas
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Dioon edule but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Dioon edule f. edule
Dioon edule f. edule
Dioon edule f. imbricatum
Dioon edule f. lanuginosum
Dioon edule subsp. edule
Dioon edule var. edule
Dioon edule var. imbricatum
Dioon edule var. lanuginosum
Dioon imbricatum
Dioon strobilaceum
Dioon strobilaceum
Macrozamia littoralis
Macrozamia pectinata
Platyzamia rigida
Zamia maeleni
Zamia maelenii
Zamia rigida
Others in Dioon
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