ZAMIOCULCAS ZAMIIFOLIA

This member of the Araceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler. It is found in eastern Africa, growing in rich or well-drained soil with some water and little or some sum. It will get a caudex ten centimetres wide, and it reaches for a half to one meter. The flowers are white to yellow-brown. Separate male- and female flowers. It can easily be reproduced by leaf-cuttings.

The genera name derived from a similarity of appearance to the Zamia genus. The species name means 'leaves like Zamia '. Sub-family: Aroideae. Tribe: Zamioculcadeae. Origin and wild ones from Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa.