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Zamia range map (Jones 1993).

Zamia furfuracea L.f. in Aiton

Common Names

Cardboard palm.

Taxonomic notes

Description

Range

Big Tree

Ethnobotany

Observations

Seattle's Volunteer Park Conservatory has one; also saw at Flecker Botanical Gardens in Cairns.

Remarks

Although originally widespread and locally common, it has been exterminated from most of its range by poaching (Jones 1993).

Citations


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/za/za/furfuracea.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 6-Apr-2001