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Eastern Cape Cycad

Encephalartos Altensteinii

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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful and healthy cycad with male cones.Typical display of cycad leaves reducing to spines near the base.

Habitat:

Coastal forests and scrub forest.

Notes:

Garden grown cycad out of Habitat. Fleshy outer layer of seeds is edible while kernel is poisonous.

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