Coontie (Zamia pumila)

''Zamia pumila'', or coontie, is a small, tough, woody cycad of the West Indies and Florida . ''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 long, with 5-30 pairs of leaflets . Each leaflet is linear to lanceolate or oblong-obovate, 8–25 cm long and 0.5–2 cm broad, with distinct teeth at.. more