Zamiaceae

Cardboard palm

Zamia furfuracea L.f.

Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: زاميا متقشرة
arz: زاميا متقشره
Chinese: 美叶苏铁, 美葉蘇鐵, 美葉鳳尾蕉, 鳞秕泽米, 鳞粃泽米铁
Czech: Keják otrubnatý
English: Cardboard palm, Cardboard-Palm, Cycad
Spanish: Camotillo

Synonyms

Encephalartos latifolius Sweet
Palma pumila Mill.
Palmifolium furfuraceum (L.f. ex Aiton) Kuntze
Palmifolium latifolium (Lodd. ex A.DC.) Kuntze
Zamia crassifolia hort. ex T.Moore
Zamia furfuracea var. furfuracea
Zamia furfuracea var. trewii A.DC.
Zamia latifolia Lodd. ex Miq.
Zamia loddigesii var. latifolia (Regel) J.Schust.
Zamia muricata var. obtusifolia Miq.
Zamia vestita Van Houtte

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.