Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Zamicro'; is a cultivar of Zamioculcas zamiifolia (G.Lodd.) Engl. The 'Zamicro' is a dwarf, compact variety of this favourite Aroid, has denser and smaller leaves and usually grows no more than 60cm tall. It is; a herbaceous perennial, growing form a stout underground, succulent rhizome. In nature it is normally evergreen, but becomes deciduous during drought, surviving drought due to the large potato-like rhizome that stores water until rainfall resumes. The leaves are pinnate, with 6–8 pairs of leaflets ; they are smooth, shiny, and dark green. The stems of these pinnate leaves are thickened at the bottom.
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The botanical name Zamioculcas derives form on the one hand the superficial similarity of its foliage to that of the cycad genus Zamia and on the other hand its kinship to the genus Colocasia, whose name comes form a word culcas or colcas in a Middle Eastern language of antiquity[4] and which is named qolqas (Egyptian Arabic: قلقاس, IPA:;[ʔolˈʔæːs]) in Arabic.[5] Botanical synonyms include Caladium zamiaefolium, Zamioculcas loddigesii and Z. lanceolata.
Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Zamicro'
Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Zamicro' is ca. 36 cm tall and comes in a 10,5 cm tall