Encephalartos woodii

Synonymy: Encephalartos altensteinii var. bispinna Distribution: South Africa
Common name: Wood's cycad Conservation status: Near extinction; all known plants in cultivation have originated as offsets from a single extant male plant

Original male plant

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Large adult from early offsets taken from original plant

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Medium-sized adults

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Small offset

Cones

Top photo courtesy and copyright © 2000, William Brown. Second and fourth photos courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geoff Stein. Third photo courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geri Prall, Southwest Florida Chapter; taken at Lotusland, CA. Bottom photo courtesy and copyright © 2000, National Botanical Institute of South Africa.

Click on the PlantZAfrica.com graphic below to read an article on 
E. woodii written by Alice Notten, of Kirstenbosch National 
Botanical Garden in South Africa, May 2002

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