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Cycad Trivia Cycads can survive in different habitats: tropical rainforests, deserts, swamps, sandy and rocky areas.  |
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Ngotshe Cycad View Details E. aemulans Price: R 6,262.00 t | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 20,000.00 nmd | 
Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 9,500.00 nmd |
 E. dyerianus, also known as the Lillie Cycad or Lowveld Cycad, grows in open shrubland and grassland on slopes of a single low granite hill in the Limpopo Province, at an altitude of 700 meters.
The stem reaches 4 m in height to 60 cm in diameter. The leaves are long 140-170 cm, blue-matte silver colour, slightly inclined. The stem is straight and equipped with up to six pins. The leaves are 17-24 cm long and 13-18 mm wide. They are equipped with toothed edges and are inserted into the leaf forming angles of 45-80°. At the base of the leaf, the leaflets are reduced to thorns. The spine is normally straight and stiff, but can occur sometimes slightly... |
