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Family: ARACEAE 

 Zamioculcas zamiifolia
 
  
Author:  A. Engler 1908.
Family:  Araceae
Habitat:  Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa 
Soil:  Peat
Water:  Minimum
Sun:  Minimum
Thickness:  10 centimetres
Height:  1 meter
Flower:  Yellow/Brown
Reproduction:  Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names:   Aroid Palm, ZZ Plant, Arum Fern, Garderobeplante.
Synonyms:  Caladium zamiaefolium, Loddiges 1829. Zamioculcas lanceolata Loddiges , Zamioculcas loddigesii Schott 1856, Zamiacaulcas zamiafolia.
Got it from:  Hoeje Taastrup, Danmark
Year:  2003

On this photo, it is easy to see the "mother-leaf".

Habitat and wild ones from Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa.

   This member of the Araceae family was given this name by A. Engler. It is found in Eastern Africa, growing in peat or well-drained soil with some water and little or some sum. It will get a caudex 10 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.

Sub-family: Aroideae . Tribe: Zamioculcadeae