Tags: Cycad.
Zamia pumila or Coontie is a small tough woody cycad of the West Indies and Cuba. Zamia pumila was the first species described for the genus and hence is the type species for the genus Zamia and the family Zamiaceae.This cycad contains reddish seed cones with a distinct acuminate tip. The leaves are 60–120 cm (2.0–3.9 ft) long with 5-30 pairs of leaflets (pinnae). Each leaflet is linear to lanceolate or oblong-obovate 8–25 cm long and 0.5–2 cm broad with distinct teeth at the tip.
