Zamiaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Zamia lindenii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The fleshy seeds contain a toxic glycoside that causes headaches, vomiting, stomach pains and diarrhoea if ingested[ 293 Title Poisonous Plants of North Carolina Publication Author Website http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/poison.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent concise but comprehensive guide to toxic plants that grow in N. Carolina. It lists even those plants that are of very low toxicity, including several well-known food plants such as carrots and potatoes. ]. The juice from the plant is very poisonous[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. The starch obtained from the stem is poisonous unless thoroughly cooked[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].

Botanical Description

Zamia lindenii is a slow-growing, evergreen palm-like shrub with an erect, cylindrical stem usually around 80 - 160cm tall, but sometimesup to 400cm, and 18 - 25cm in diameter. Sometimes forming branches as a result of injury, each stem is topped by a crown of 10 - 20 or more, large, arching leaves 150 - 318cm long[ 1935 Title The Cycads Publication Author Whitelock L.M. Publisher Timber Press; Portland, Oregon Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-522-5 Description An excellent book dealing with the eleven different genera and almost 300 species of plants we know as Cycads. There are detailed descriptions and a host of other information for each species. , 1939 Title Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Biogeography, Morphology, Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Conservation Status of Zamia lindenii Re Publication The Cycad Newsletter 33(4) December 2010, pp8-11 Author Lindström A.J. Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and to make an adhesive. It is also sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 1939 Title Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Biogeography, Morphology, Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Conservation Status of Zamia lindenii Re Publication The Cycad Newsletter 33(4) December 2010, pp8-11 Author Lindström A.J. Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ]. Zamia lindenii is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1939 Title Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Biogeography, Morphology, Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Conservation Status of Zamia lindenii Re Publication The Cycad Newsletter 33(4) December 2010, pp8-11 Author Lindström A.J. Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern S. America - Colombia, Ecuador.

HabitatForest edges[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ]. An understorey plant in rainforests, sometimes growing in a thick humus layer overlying brown clay soil; at elevations up to 1,100 metres[ 1935 Title The Cycads Publication Author Whitelock L.M. Publisher Timber Press; Portland, Oregon Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-522-5 Description An excellent book dealing with the eleven different genera and almost 300 species of plants we know as Cycads. There are detailed descriptions and a host of other information for each species. , 1939 Title Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Biogeography, Morphology, Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Conservation Status of Zamia lindenii Re Publication The Cycad Newsletter 33(4) December 2010, pp8-11 Author Lindström A.J. Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].