Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Cycads can survive in different habitats: tropical rainforests, deserts, swamps, sandy and rocky areas.  |
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Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 15,000.00 Potted | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 20,000.00 nmd | 
Gorongo Cycad View Details E. manikensis Price: R 16,500.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos altensteinii is a palm-like cycad that is endemic to South Africa. The species name altensteinii commemorates Altenstein, a 19th-century German chancellor and patron of science. It is commonly known as the Eastern Cape giant cycad, umphanga, umguza, isundu (Xhosa) or uJobane (Zulu). It is a very ornamental garden plant and probably the most common of all the cycads in cultivation. This species is long-lived, is easy to grow and in time develops into large specimens.
This cycad grows up to seven meters tall and may be branched or unbranched. The leaves are straight or curved backwards and up to three meters in length. The leaflets are rigid and fairly... |
