Welcome to Africa Cycads
|
Cycad Trivia E. lehmannii (Karoo Cycad) commemorates Prof J.G.C. Lehmann, a German botanist who studied the cycads and published a book on them in 1834.  |
||
New Cycad Arrivals: | ||
Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 6,000.00 Potted | 
Eastern Cape Giant Cycad View Details E. altensteinii Price: R 22,000.00 nmd | 
Waterberg Cycad View Details E. eugene-maraisii Price: R 25,000.00 Potted |
 Encephalartos chimanimaniensis is a species of cycad that was endemic to the Chimanimani Mountain grasslands on the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, in areas of high rainfall (over 1,800 mm per annum), and at an altitude of about 1,000 metres above sea level. It is a member of the E. manikensis complex, a group of robust cycads.
It is a medium-sized cycad that grows to about 2 metres tall, with a stout erect trunk, occasionally clumping with bright green glossy leaves to about 1.5 metres long, with 1-6 spines on each margin, green cones and red seed-coats.
It was initially known as a rare and critically endangered species, only known from a... |
