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Cycad Trivia Cycads date as far back as 280 million years!  |
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Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 5,500.00 Potted | 
Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 6,000.00 Potted | 
Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 40,000.00 nmd |
 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... |
