Zamiaceae
25 species
Cycads producing starch-bearing seeds; some traditionally processed for food but potentially toxic without preparation.
Bowenia serrulata
Byfield fern
Edible: Tuber, Root
Bowenia spectabilis
Byfield fern, Zamia fern
Edible: Tuber, Root, Seeds
Dioon edule
Mexican Fern palm, Mexican cycad, Edible-seed cycas
Edible: Seeds
Dioon spinulosum
Edible: Fruit
Encephalartos altensteinii
Breadtree, Eastern Cape Cycad, Prickly cycad
Edible: Seeds, Gum, Pith
Encephalartos barteri
Edible: Stem - starch?
Encephalartos caffer
Hottentot bread-fruit, Kaffir bread, Caffir bread
Edible: Pith, Fruit, Stem
Encephalartos heenanii
Wooly cycad
Edible: Stems
Encephalartos hildebrandtii
Kaffir Bread, Hottentot bread, Mombasa cycad
Edible: Seeds, Sago from stems, Pith, Fruit
Encephalartos horridus
Edible: Stem
Encephalartos laevifolius
Bread palm cycad
Edible: Stem
Encephalartos lembomboensis
Lembobo cycad
Edible: Stem
Encephalartos paucidentatus
Edible: Stem
Encephalartos striatus
Bread palm cycad
Edible: Stem
Encephalartos transvenosus
Modjadji cycad
Edible: Flesh around Seeds, Caution
Encephalartos villosus
Ground cycad, Poor man's cycad
Edible: Stem - starch
Macrozamia humilis
Edible: Seeds, Caution
Zamia angustifolia
Edible: Starch
Zamia chigua
Chigua
Edible: Seeds
Zamia floridana
Seminole Bread
Edible: Seeds, Roots, Stem starch
Zamia furfuracea
Sago cycad, Cardboard palm cycad
Edible: Sago, Starch
Zamia integrifolia
Florida arrowroot
Edible: Stem - starch
Zamia loddigesii
Bulletproof cycad
Edible: Stem starch, Caution
Zamia poeppigiana
Edible: Seeds
Zamia pumila
Seminole bread
Edible: Seeds, Stem starch, Caution