Encephalartos lebomboensis

Synonymy: None Distribution: Swaziland, Africa
Common name: Piet Retief cycad; Xhosa—umGuza, umPhanga; Zulu—isiGqiki-semkhovu, umHlungulo, uJubane. Source for local names: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. Conservation status: Unknown

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Photos courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geoff Stein; taken in a private garden in Los Angeles, CA.

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