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You are bidding on 20 COONTIE PALM SEEDS - Zamia integrifolia .

Common names - Coontie, Coontie Palm, Koonti , Florida Arrowroot, Seminole Bread,  bay-rush, comfort root .

 

A small, tough, woody cycad native to the southeast United States (Florida, Georgia), the Bahamas and the Caribbean south to Grand Cayman and Puerto Rico (possibly extinct on this island). 

 

This is a low-growing plant, with trunk that grows to 1 ft high and diameter, but is often subterranean. Over time, it forms a multi-branched cluster, with a large, tuberous root system, which is actually an extension of the above-ground stems. Like other cycads, Zamia integrifolia is dioecious, having male or female plants. The male cones are cylindrical, growing to 2-5" long; they are often clustered. The female cones are elongate-ovoid and grow to 2-6" cm long and 2-3" in diameter.

 

This cycad produces reddish seed cones with a distinct acuminate tip. The leaves are 1-3 ft long, with 5-30 pairs of leaflets (pinnae). Each leaflet is linear to lanceolate or oblong-obovate, 3-10" long and 1" wide, entire or with indistinct teeth at the tip. They are often revolute, with prickly petioles. 

 

Drought Tolerance: High, once established 

 

U.S.D.A. Zone: 8B-11 (Leaf damage 17°F) 

 

Human hazards: Caudex is poisonous. Toxin can be removed by properly processing .


 

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