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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos eugene-maraisii is endemic to South Africa, where it is limited to Limpopo. It is known as the Waterberg cycad. The species was named for South African naturalist Eugène Marais.  |
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Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 18,000.00 Potted | 
Eastern Cape Giant Cycad View Details E. altensteinii Price: R 3,500.00 nmd | 
Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 6,000.00 Potted |
 E.lebomboensis is said to be one of the most popular cycads in cultivation, although there is some confusion about its identity. Several populations of what were previously regarded as E. lebomboensis are now regarded as E. senticosus, including most of those found on the Lebombo Mountains.
It was first described in 1949 by Dr Inez Verdoorn. Its centre of distribution was the Lebombo Mountains, stretching from northern KwaZulu-Natal through Swaziland and up into Mpumalanga. In 1995 Dr Piet Vorster re-named the plants from the central part of the geographic range (the Lebombo range from 50 km north of Siteki in Swaziland to the Josini Dam/Pongolapoort Dam in... |
