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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos senticosus (Jozini Cycad) is a quick-growing cycad, up to 4 m high and with a stem of about 300 mm in diameter.  |
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Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 7,500.00 Potted Female | 
Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 9,500.00 nmd | 
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 Encephalartos natalensis is a species of cycad that is found in Qumbu and Tabankulu areas of the northern part of the Eastern Cape, through most of KwaZulu-Natal up to the upper catchment areas of the Mkuze and Umfolozi rivers near Vryheid in South Africa.
It is an evergreen quick-growing cycad, up to 6.5 m high and with a stem or trunk of about 0.4 m in diameter. The stem sometimes branches, but reclines only when other stems emerge from the base. It has a golden, woolly crown, which increases on production of cones or new whorls of leaves. The leaves are of medium size, about 1.5-3 m long and slightly curved or straight. The leaflets are about 160-230 x 25-45 mm, dark... |
