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ZAMIA PALM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Zamia Palm
Description
The Zamia Palm is a relatively small cycad with a crown of twelve to thirty glossy green leaves. The fronds are 1.2 m to 2.2 m long and slightly keeled. Each frond has about 92 to 50 leaflets which are about 23cm to 48cm long and 1cm wide. The cycad seed cones are barrel-shaped and 30cm, to 40cm long and 10cm to 15cm in diameter.
Habitat
grows as an under-storey plant in Jarrah forest.
Distribution
south western parts of Western Australia
Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m
Spread: 3m
Propagation
propagation is from seed
Classification
| Class: | Cycadopsida | | Order: | Cycadales | | Family: | Zamiaceae | | Genus: | Macrozamia | | Species: | riedlei | | Common Name: | Zamia Palm |
Relatives in same Genus
Macrozamia communis
Macrozamia johnsonii
Macrozamia macdonnellii
Macrozamia miquelii
Macrozamia moorei
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