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Basics

Also known as the Coontie Palm (A Derivative of the Seminole Native American word "Conti Hateka" which translates roughly to "White Root"
It was commercially grown and marketed as Florida Arrowroot
It doesn't fix nitrogen on it's own, but it does form a symbiotic relationship/hosts Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
It contains a few varieties of toxins
- Cycasin
- Seeds contain Glycoside and Beta-methylamino-alanine (
The roots have only the cyasin, which is soluble in water
Native Americans would soak and/or heavily rinse it to Leach out the cyasin
- Presumably this was done by the companies as well, it may be interesting to dive into their process flow
Granted a gene knockout may work?

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