''Dioon mejiae'' is a species of

cycad Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk (botany), trunk with a crown (botany), crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants o ...

that is native to

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

. It is found in the departments of Colón, Olancho, and

Yoro Yoro, with a population of 101,849 (2022 calculation), is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong ...

. Common names include ''palma teosinte'', ''teocinte'', ''teocinta'' (female), ''teocintle'', ''teocsinte'', ''teosinte'', ''tiusinte'', and ''tusinte'', all of which mean "sacred ear."

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mejiae Flora of Honduras Plants described in 1950 {{cycad-stub