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Dioon spinulosum
giant dioon
Other common names
gum palmSynonyms
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Botanical details
- Family
- Zamiaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Dioon
- Genus description
Dioon are dioecious, evergreen, palm-like perennials with stout stems bearing a terminal rosette of large, leathery leaves pinnately divided into many narrow leaflets, and large woolly female flowering cones or smaller, cylindrical male cones
- Name status
Correct
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