Jamican Sago Tree, Cardboard palm.

Sciencetific Name: Zamia furfuracea
Family Name: Zamiaceae

Native Distribution	Mexico
Native Habitat	Terrestrial

Growth Form	It is a cycad, with underground stem which slowly becomes aboveground with age.
Foliage	Leaves are green, 45 – 190 cm long and 10 – 30 cm wide, comprises of 8 – 18 pairs of leaflets and armed with small spines along the petiole and rachis. Leaflets are leathery, obovate to oblanceolate shaped, margin slightly toothed and covered in yellowish brown hairs.
Reproductive Parts - non-flowering plant	Pollen cones are erect (17 cm long and 1.8 cm wide) and occurs in 2 – 4. Seeds are oval shaped (1.6 cm long and 1.2 cm wide), yellowish green at first and becoming red when mature.

Cultivation	It is salt tolerant and can tolerate short period of drought once established.
Etymology	Latin, furfuraceus means scurfy or covered with bran-like scales or powder, which refers to persistent yellowish brown hairs on the leaves.