Cycads   Encephalartos poggei

Synonymy:
None

Common Names:
None

Distribution:
Southern Zaire, and north-eastern Angola.

Habitat:
Open grassland.

Description:
A small clumping cycad to about 2m tall, and up to 3 trunks. Leaves are up 1.5m long, with the young leaves being covered in white hairs.

General:
It is thought that elephants eat the seeds, and are thus the main seed disperser.

Culture:
Sunny, well drained, sandy position. Frost sensitive. Plants in habitat are deciduous in winter.

Figure 1. Young female cone of E. poggei at Naples Botanic Garden.

Reference:	Cycads Of The World, David Jones.
Contributed by:	Angelo Porcelli (Figure 1)

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