Využití rostliny

No

• no reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines [6]

Air-purifying property

• Included in the list of "Plants that Detoxify the Air " [6]
• One of the plants most effective in counter-acting off-gassed chemicals and maintaining a balanced internal humidity [6]
• čištění vzduchu at a molar flux of around 0.01 mol/(m2 day) [10]

Phytoremediation / BTEX:

• Zamioculcas has the potential of reducing the concentration of
• Benzene,
• Toluene,
• Ethylbenzene,
• Xylene (BTEX) from contaminated indoor air [6]

Xylene

• The toxicity of BTEX on plant leaves and roots was not found [6]
• Xylene Removal
• Study evaluated 15 plant species for removal efficiency of xylene from contaminated air
• Z. zamiifolia showed the highest xylene removal efficiency [6]

Benzene

• Is taken up by plants faster than toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene [6]

Seven natural products

• From leaves
• Petioles of Z. zamiifolia
• Novel main compound of the leaves
• apigenin 6-C-(6”-(3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaroyl)-ß-glucopyranoside)
• Toxicological experiment on extracts from Z. zamiifolia using brine shrimp lethality assay
• Did not indicate lethality to the shrimps
• Providing disproving evidence for the assumption of Z. zamiifolia's toxic character [7]

Leaves of the plant

• Used by the sjamans in the jungles of Ghana to relieve severe stomach ache [3, 6]
• When consumed in large quantities it can be deadly.
• When cultivated with coffee for years, the plant can obtain heavy psychadelic effects. [3]

Mulanje District of Malawi

• Juice from the leaves is used to treat "earache" [10] (bolest v uchu - asi při zánětu středouší)

East Usambara mountains of Tanzania

• Juice from the leaves
• Is used to treat earache [10]
• A poultice of bruised plant material from Z. zamiifolia
• Is used as a treatment of the inflammatory condition of "mshipa"[10] (nerv, céva, šlacha - svahilština to neumí rozlišit)

Sukuma people in north-western Tanzania

• Roots from Z. zamiifolia
• Local application to treat ulceration [10]