The plant known as cardboard palm is neither cardboard nor palm. This low growing species, Zamia furfuracea, is actually a close relative of ancient cycads which have survived since the time of the ...

• The cardboard palm (Zamia furfuracea) is neither cardboard nor a palm; it’s a cycad. Most cycads have short woody trunks and large evergreen leaves. The cardboard palm is dioecious — which means ...