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Cycad Trivia
Cycads are a source of food for many animals. Larvae of certain butterflies and ants eat secretion from the leaves, cattle feed on the leaves, while fruit bats eat the seeds. Cycad Trivia
   

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Eastern Cape Giant Cycad
Eastern Cape Giant Cycad
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E. altensteinii

Price: R 3,500.00
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Karoo Cycad
Karoo Cycad
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E. lehmannii

Price: R 4,500.00
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Ngotshe Cycad
Ngotshe Cycad
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E. aemulans

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E. pterogonus
Toothed-cone Cycad
E. pterogonusEncephalartos pterogonus was known from one small population located on the huge granite outcrop called Mount Mruwere (Monte Urueri) in the Manica province in central Mozambique (extent of occurrence is 35 km² and area of occupancy is less than 10 km²) and possibly from other adjacent hills. Most of the plants have been plundered by wealthy collectors and the species was declared extinct in its habitat by 1975, but some reports refer that there are at least 246 mature plants, 112 smaller plants and 300-400 seedlings that survived out of the initial 1,000 seedlings that were re-introduced. Another population on a nearby inselberg may also belong to E. pterogonus. The...

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