Zamia obliqua, Bahia Solano, Colombia

Local guides kept insisting how remarkable this plant is, so I feel like I owe it to them to try to dig up some information about them.

The Zamia genus of plants are prehistoric and supposedly were around as far back as the dinosaur era. Our local guide mentioned this as the first plant to carry seeds. Colombia has 18 species of Zamias, most occurring in very specific areas of the country. Some of those areas were inaccessible for decades due to Colombia's violence, therefore these plants are shredded in some mystery.

This area, the Chocó department, is one of such inaccessible areas. It has only recently be cleared to visit, yet enforced by a large military presence. The area is known to house two Zamia species: Zamia obliqua and Zamia manicata.

Some Zamia species are cultivated for being ideal in-house plants. I've read that every part of the plant is toxic to both people and animals, but I'm not sure if this is true.

Here's one of my main sources:
http://irieonline.com/websites/plantapalm/vce/cycadsof/colombia.htm