ZZ plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia (G.Lodd.) Engl.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Little
- tall
- 1.1 m
- wide
- 91 cm
Araceae
Also called Zanzibar gem, Zeezee plant, ZZ Plant
Formerly Caladium zamiifolium, Zamioculcas lanceolata
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Kenya to KwaZulu-NatalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, Wikipedia and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 2–4 ft; UF/IFAS 3–4 ft
- Spread
- 91 cmRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 2–4 ft; UF/IFAS 3–3 ft
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, Wikipedia and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources
- Flowers
- GreenRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension cream, green, white; Wikipedia brown, green, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Finnish
- palmuvehka, Palmuvehka
- Czech
- kulkas zamiolistý
- Chinese
- 美鐵芋, 金錢樹, 金幣樹
- German
- Glücksfeder
- Russian
- Замиокулькас замиелистный
- Japanese
- ソテツバカイウ
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis zamiokulkas
- Chinese (China)
- 雪铁芋, 金钱树
- Portuguese
- Zamioculca
- Swedish
- garderobsblomma
- Spanish
- Zamioculca
- Polish
- Zamiokulkas zamiolistny
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Zamioculcas zamiifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.