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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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 Encephalartos ferox is a small cycad with 35 cm wide subterranean trunk. It gets its name from the Latin word ferocious, likely from the spine-tipped lobes on the leaves of the plant. It is found naturally on the south-eastern coast of Africa where it has been used by local people for its starch content. It is considered to be one of the most popular cultivated cycads. It is also known as the Maputaland cycad, Zululand cycad, Tongaland cycad (Eng.), Maputalandbroodboom, Tongalandbroodboom (Afr.), umthobane, uthobani (Zulu), chihanga (Thonga).
The trunk is often subterranean, and can grow up to a meter in length. Its roots contract due to the collapse of transverse sheets... |
