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The Bamboo cycad (Ceratozamia hildae) belongs to Cycadaceae (the Cycad family). It is an evergreen shrub that is distributed in the central Mexican states of Queretaro and San Luis Potosi. It grows in deciduous forests at elevations of 850 to 1300 m and grows 1.8 to 2.4 m tall. It has a small underground stem from which relatively long leaves grow erect. The rachis is cylindrical, looking like a bamboo, and is 60 to 130 cm long. The leaves are thin, papery, and hairy, and 3 to 12 of them are attached to the nodes of the rachis. It is dioecious, with male flowers 18-25 cm long and female flowers 6-20 cm long. The seeds are covered with pale yellow flesh.
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