Order Cycadales Higher classification Macrozamia | Scientific name Macrozamia fraseri Rank Species | |
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Similar Macrozamia, Cycad, Macrozamia riedlei, Macrozamia montana, Macrozamia mountperriensis | ||
Macrozamia fraseri is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to the south west of Western Australia, and restricted largely to the sandy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton Sandplains. The range of Macrozamia fraseri overlaps that of Macrozamia riedlei.
Macrozamia fraseri is typical of cycads in being slow-growing, perennial, evergreen and dioecious. The trunk of old plants can be over a metre in height, with a surface burnt by bush fires of the past.
Macrozamia fraseri contains poisonous glycosides known as cycasins.
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