Zamiaceae
Chestnut dioon
Dioon edule
- Family
- Zamiaceae
- Genus
- Dioon
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Kastaiingbroodpalm
- Chinese
- 双子苏铁, 雙子蘇鐵, 双子铁, 食用双子铁
- Czech
- Dión jedlý, Dioón jedlý
- Dutch
- Mexicaanse palmvaren
- English
- Chestnut dioon, Cycad, Virgin palm
- Finnish
- Kampakäpypalmu, Kampakävykki
- Hungarian
- Mexikóiszágó
- Japanese
- ディオオン・エデュレ
- Russian
- Диоон съедобный
- Spanish
- Palma de Dolores, Palma de la Virgen, Palma de Santa Teresita
- Tamil
- டையூன் இடுலி
Synonyms
- Dioon edule f. edule
- Dioon edule f. edule
- Dioon edule f. imbricatum (Miq.) Miq.
- Dioon edule f. lanuginosum J.Schust.
- Dioon edule subsp. edule
- Dioon edule var. edule
- Dioon edule var. imbricatum Abel
- Dioon edule var. lanuginosum (J.Schust.) Wittm.
- Dioon imbricatum Miq.
- Dioon strobilaceum Lem.
- Dioon strobilaceum Lem. ex A.DC.
- Macrozamia littoralis Liebm. ex Dyer
- Macrozamia pectinata Liebm. ex Dyer
- Platyzamia rigida Zucc.
- Zamia maeleni Miq.
- Zamia maelenii Miq.
- Zamia rigida Karw. ex J.Schust.
Photos
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Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.