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Cycad Trivia
Encephalartos cupidus (Blyde River Cycad) is a species of cycad that is found in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The specific epithet cupidus is derived from the Latin, and means desirable or highly attractive. Cycad Trivia
   

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Stanger’s Cycad
Stanger’s Cycad
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S. eriopus

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Gorongo Cycad
Gorongo Cycad
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E. manikensis

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Bushman’s River Cycad
Bushman’s River Cycad
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E. trispinosus

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E. caffer
Eastern Cape Dwarf Cycad
E. cafferEncephalartos caffer, the Eastern Cape dwarf cycad, is a rare cycad from the genus Encephalartos. Approximately 10,000 mature individuals are confined to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . It typically has an underground stem, with a small portion on top, the stem is only very rarely branched and may be as much as 40 cm long. Emerging from the top are long, pinnate, dark green leaves up to 1 meter long. These often have a distinctive ruffled, feathery appearance, caused by the numerous, clustered leaflets being irregularly twisted from the central stalk and pointing out in different directions. New leaves are brown and woolly at first but most of the hair is...

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