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Zamia

Genus of fernlike cycads in the fern-palm family Cycadaceae, mostly found in tropical America and the West Indies. They resemble palm trees with their stout trunks crowned with fronds. The roots are sometimes ground into flour for cooking. The Florida arrowroot Z. integrifolia grows in Florida and the West Indies; its roots are a source of starch but may be poisonous until cooked.
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William Bartram discovered the evolutionary, primitive Zamia palm, today called, Zamia pumila growing near Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1773, reporting that it "grows in the open pine forests in tufts or clumps, a large conical strobile disclosing its large coral red fruit, which appears singularly beautiful amidst the deep green fern-like pinnated leaves.
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Zamia (Coontie) Palm Tree - Zamia pumila William Bartram, the famous American botanist and explorer discovered the Zamia Palm tree growing in Central Florida on an expedition in the year 1773.
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