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Macrozamia riedlei (Zamia Palm)

Synonyms: Cycas riedlei (homotypic); Encephalartos oldfieldii; Encephalartos preissii; Macrozamia oldfieldii; Macrozamia preissii

Wikipedia Abstract

Macrozamia riedlei, commonly known as zamia or zamia palm, is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. Found on lateritic soils and in Jarrah forests, it is endemic to Western Australia. The nuts from this plant have been successfully used as food by Indigenous Australians after proper processing - however eaten raw by European explorers incurred poisoning:-
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo)[2]
Macropus irma (Western Brush Wallaby)[2]
Xyroscelis crocata[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Dietary preferences of the black-gloved wallaby (Macropus irma) and the western grey kangaroo (M. fuliginosus) in Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia, J M Wann & D T Bell, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 80:55-62, 1997
♦ 3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0