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DIOON

Family: Zamiaceae

type : Trees

sun exposure : Partial Shade

water : Regular Water

Plant Details

These cycads resemble Cycas revoluta, but they are less widely sold, more tender, and even slower growing. Male and female plants are separate. Dioons are excellent choices for tropical effects and as container plants. Native to the American tropics, these living fossils have changed little in 200 million years. Not browsed by deer.

virgin palm

dioon edule

Zones LS, CS, TS; USDA 8-11.

Very slow growing.

Eventually forms cylindrical trunk 610 inches wide, 3 feet high.

Spreading, slightly arching, 3- to 5 feet leaves are made up of many leaflets that may be toothed at the tips or smooth edged.

Foliage on young plants is dusty blue-green and feathery; that on mature plants is deeper green, shiny, more rigid.