Encephalartos kisambo

Synonymy: Encephalartos voiensis Distribution: Kenya, Africa
Common name: Voi cycad; Taita—kisambo. Source for local name: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. Conservation status: Listed as Vulnerable in the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants

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Female in cone

Photos courtesy and copyright © 1998-9, Geoff Stein. Top photo taken in a private garden in Los Angeles, CA; bottom photo taken at Lotusland, Santa Barbara, CA.

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