PACSOA - Encephalartos aemulans
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Encephalartos aemulans
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Synonymy:
Unknown

Common Names:
Unknown

Distribution:
A single hill in Natal, South Africa

Habitat:
South facing sandstone cliffs, and scree slopes at about 1000m.

Description:
A small to medium sized suckering cyacd to about 3m. Very closely related to E. natalensis , and E. lebomboensis .

General:
Only described in 1990, and due to its extremely limited distribution the exact location wasn't divulged in the description to protect the plant from poachers.

Culture:
Sunny, very well drained position. Frost tolerant.


Figure 1. E. aemulans

Contributed by: Jason Sampson (Figure 1)


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