Macrozamia riedlei

Taxobox
name = "Macrozamia riedlei"

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status = LC
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Cycadophyta
classis = Cycadopsida
ordo = Cycadales
familia = Zamiaceae
genus = "Macrozamia"
species = "M. riedlei"
binomial = "Macrozamia riedlei"
binomial_authority = (Gaudich.) C.A.Gardner
synonyms =

"Macrozamia riedlei" (common name "Zamia" or "Zamia Palm") is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Western Australia.Found on lateritic soils and in Jarrah forests.The nuts from palm the have been successfully utilised as food by Indigenous Australians - however eaten raw by european explorers incurred poisoning:-

::Reported cases of poisoning from the Zamia palm are perhaps the earliest for any local plant. Zamia is mentioned as cuasing sickness in men eating the seeds by Vlaming in 1697, La Perouse in 1788, Flinders in 1801, and Sir George Grey in 1839. (Gardner and Bennetts p.5.)

References

Gardner, C.A. and Bennetts, H.W. (1956) "The Toxic Plants of Western Australia" Perth, West Australian Newspapers.

External links

* Hill, K.D. 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/42019/all "Macrozamia riedlei"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 22 August 2007.