On this photo, it is easy
to see the "mother-leaf".
Origin and
wild ones from Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa.
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| Author: | Heinrich
Gustav Adolf
Engler, 1908 |
| Family: |
ARACEAE |
| Origin: |
Tanzania,
Zanzibar, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
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Minimum |
| Sun: |
Minimum |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
1
Meter |
| Flower:
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Yellow / Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
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Aroid Palm, ZZ Plant, Arum Fern,
Garderobeplante. |
| Synonyms: |
Caladium zamiaefolium,
Loddiges, 1829.
Zamioculcas lanceolata Loddiges ,
Zamioculcas loddigesii Schott,
1856,
Zamiacaulcas zamiafolia. |
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.
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Origin and
wild ones from Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa. |
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