Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Cycads produce small seeds that are covered with yellow or reddish flesh. Even though seeds contain toxin, they are part of a human diet in some parts of the world.  |
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New Cycad Arrivals: | ||
Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 4,500.00 Potted | 
Bushman’s River Cycad View Details E. trispinosus Price: R 3,500.00 nmd | 
Eastern Cape Blue Cycad View Details E. horridus Price: R 4,500.00 Potted |
 Encephalartos gratus is a robust medium-large cycad that grows in the Mulanje mountains of Malawi and Mozambique. This species occurs on steep to precipitous slopes in gorges near streams, frequently in rock-crevices with no apparent soil. Usually subject to intense insolation, it nevertheless survives occasional brief submersion in heavy floods in areas with abundant rainfall (1000-1750 mm per year, mainly summery precipitation). Specimens are sometimes met with in savanna forest and less often in dense forest with rich soil. The temperatures regularly reach 35 to 38° C. In savanna the plants are usually defoliated by the annual grass-fires, but survive. Female plants... |
