Encephalartos laurentianus

Synonymy: None Distribution: Angola and Zaire (DR of Congo), restricted to the Kwango River valley, Africa
Common name: Kiyaka—malele, bundi-nguma. Source: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. Conservation status: Rare

Top photos courtesy and copyright © 1999, Jose Manuel Sanchez de Lorenzo Cáceres; from his article entitled, The Cycads: Fossils of the Past. Bottom photos courtesy and copyright © Jose Zerolo, 2002; taken at Jardin de Aclimatación de La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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