Encephalartos ferox
| Synonymy: Encephalartos kosiensis | Distribution: Natal Province, South Africa; Mozambique |
| Common name: Zululand cycad; Chinanga, chpissana and untopanin (Mozambique); isiqiki somkhovu (South Africa); Ronga—chipissana; Ronga & Shona—untopani (palm-like plant); Tsonga—chihanga (vegetable coal); Zulu--Thobani. Source for local names: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. | Conservation status: Vulnerable |
Female in cone
Emerging female cone
Top photo courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geoff Stein,
California;
bottom photo courtesy and copyright © 2002, Jonathan Lethbridge.
Click on the PlantZAfrica.com graphic below to read an article
on
E. ferox written by Sharon Turner, of Witwatersrand National
Botanical Garden in South Africa, February 2002
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description of the genus Encephalartos
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information on this cycad.
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