Zamia integrifolia

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?

Internal Links

• Arrowroot
• Starch Crop

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Zamia integrifolia
• The Wikipedia Page on the Zamia integrifolia STarch Sold as "Florida Arrowroot"
• A Flora of North America Page on Zamia integrifolia