Zamiaceae

25 edible 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

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

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

Seminole bread

Edible: Seeds, Stem starch, Caution