Zamiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Macrozamia communis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Macrozamia communis is a slow-growing, evergreen, palm-like plant with a usually subterranean main stem that in shallow soils can form an erect aerial stem 1 - 2 metres tall and 30 - 60cm in diameter. The stem is topped by a crown of 50 - 100, erect to spreading large leaves each around 70 - 200cm 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. ]. The plant was harvested in the past on a successful commercial basis for the high quality starch obtained from its stem, but it is now only used locally[ 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. ]. Macrozamia communis is very common across its wide range and the threats are not significant enough to warrant any concern. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - eastern and southeastern New South Wales

HabitatLocally abundant in wet to dry sclerophyll forests, mostly on old beach sands but also on shallow sandy or stony soils on ridges, sometimes forming dense stands where it is the dominant understory plant.; at elevations up to 300 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 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. ].