Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Some species of cycads look like palm trees, while others look like ferns at first glance. Despite these similarities, cycads, palms and ferns are not genetically related.  |
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Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 40,000.00 nmd | 
Bushman’s River Cycad View Details E. trispinosus Price: R 3,500.00 nmd | 
Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 18,000.00 Potted |
 Encephalartos natalensis is a species of cycad that is found in Qumbu and Tabankulu areas of the northern part of the Eastern Cape, through most of KwaZulu-Natal up to the upper catchment areas of the Mkuze and Umfolozi rivers near Vryheid in South Africa.
It is an evergreen quick-growing cycad, up to 6.5 m high and with a stem or trunk of about 0.4 m in diameter. The stem sometimes branches, but reclines only when other stems emerge from the base. It has a golden, woolly crown, which increases on production of cones or new whorls of leaves. The leaves are of medium size, about 1.5-3 m long and slightly curved or straight. The leaflets are about 160-230 x 25-45 mm, dark... |
