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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos longifolius, also known as the Suurberg Cycad or Thunberg’s Cycad,was the first cycad seen by the early colonists pushing eastwards. This species almost changed the course of South African history, for it nearly killed General Smuts and men of a Boer commando in the Eastern Cape during the Anglo-Boer War. They were poisoned after eating the seeds.  |
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Waterberg Cycad View Details E. eugene-maraisii Price: R 25,000.00 Potted | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 23,500.00 nmd | 
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 18,000.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos transvenosus occurs intermittently over a large area in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. In the south the distribution starts in the northern parts of the Drakensberg mountain range. Further northwards a large isolated subpopulation is found in the Modjadji Nature Reserve. The distribution is then taken up in the Soutpansberg mountains. It extends over most of this mountain range and continues further east to the middle of the Thohoyandou area. Recorded from elevations ranging from 600 to 1,500 m . All localities of E. transvenosus are on mountain mistbelt zones. Plants grow in tall grassveld and mixed bushveld, mainly on steep rocky slopes facing... |
