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Charles Zidar
ANCIENT MAYA BOTANICAL RESEARCH |
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| Family: | Zamiaceae | | Genus: | Zamia | | Species: | sp. | | Authority: | L. | | Common Name: | Coontie | | Maya Plant Use: | This may have been an important food source to the Maya similar to manioc?
Fruiting parts of this plant may be represented in Maya art...
| | Botanical Significance: | Used as a starch/carbohydrate in times of famine?
| | Notes: | Z. picta Dyer, Z. polymorpha D.W. Stev., A. Moretti & L. Gaudio and Z. prasina W. Bull - Z. floridana?
Z. loddigesii? | | Photos: | Click on an image below for high resolution comparison. |
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