Cycads
 
Encephalartos gratus in habitat![]()
E. gratus in Malawi
The female plant beside the banana tree (Figure 3) is standing right in a rocky river. I was very surprised by that. I would have expected the plants in a drier place. In fact it grows in the rainiest part of Malawi; beside the Mulanje mountain, which is composed of granite and is the highest mountain in Malawi.
Figure 1. E. gratus under forest.
Figure 2. E. gratus male cones.
Figure 3. Female E. gratus
Contributed by: Jan Andersson (Figure 1)