Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Leaves and cones of cycads are used in traditional Asian medicine.  |
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Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 4,000.00 Potted | 
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 18,000.00 nmd | 
Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 40,000.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos ghellinckii or Drakensberg cycad is endemic to South Africa. Strongly associated with the Natal Drakensberg, this 3m tall evergreen species is found from the foothills to fairly high altitudes, growing on stream banks, steep grassy slopes and sandstone outcrops. Its preferred habitat lying within grassveld, it has developed resistance to veldfires, and also the intense cold brought on by snow and frost.
Plants from the high-altitude areas are more robust and usually have a fire-scarred base. The low altitude plants, such as those near the Umkomaas River, are stunted or dwarf-like and may have up to five trunks, often blackened by grass fires, which are... |
