CYCADS OF SOUTH AFRICA

• Critically endangered.

CULTIVATION:

• Full sun.
• Regular watering and good drainage.
• Frost hardy.

PROPAGATION:

• Fast grower that readily propagates from seed and suckers.

• Mpumalanga Province where it grows on steep slopes and rocky areas in the Middelburg district and Loskopdam area.

STEM:

• Erect, aerial stem that can become reclining when long.
• Stem can attain a length of up to 7 meters with a diameter of 25 cm – 50 cm.
• Stem apex has long, slender grey cataphylls.

• Both sexes produce cones with a reddish-brown colour due to a thin hairy outer layer. In one area plants produce bright green cones.