Moderate sized common cycad from Zimbavwe Africa, it has a classic look of a big green cycad- long deep green leaves with simple to sligh...Read Moretly spiny leaflets. Tends to sucker well and is very adaptable in cultivation, growing relatively fast and does OK in sun or shade. Also grows in all sorts of soil types. Male cones in this species are so big they can't easily be told from female cones.
This cycad has many similar, related species, many which are much rarer, but which all resemble it. They all belong to what is called the E manikensis complex and include such species as E pterogonas and E chimanimaniensis
Moderate sized common cycad from Zimbavwe Africa, it has a classic look of a big green cycad- long deep green leaves with simple to sligh...Read More