Editing Encephalartos caffer

{{PalmSpeciesHeader}}
__NOTOC__
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-5 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''E. caffer'']]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-7 columns">
===Common Names:===
Caffrarian cycad,<br/>
Eastern Cape Dwarf cycad<br/>

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Grassland in Eastern Cape Province, and Transkei, South Africa.
it is the southernmost cycad species in South Africa.

===Description:===
This is a small, subterranean-stemmed cycad with long, pinnate, dark green leaves that are up to a metre long.
The leaflets are often clustered on the leaf in a plumose fashion giving the plant a distinctively ruffled, feathery appearance. New leaves are brown and woolly at first but most of the hair is lost as they mature, although they never become completely smooth or glossy. Both male and female plants bear a single cone made up of a series of spiralled scales, which become greenish-yellow when mature. on top of each female cone scale, two largish, glossy, scarlet-coloured seeds are formed.

===Cultivation:===
Very rarely seen, but apparently an easy grower.
Likes a sunny, well drained position, and can tolerate light frosts.
</div>
</div>

<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer03.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''E. caffer'' leaf detail.]]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer02.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''E. caffer'' back-of-leaf detail.]]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''E. caffer'']]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer05.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''E. caffer'' female cone.]]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer06.jpg|frame|Figure 6. ''E. caffer'']]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer07.jpg|frame|Figure 7. ''E. caffer'' female cone.]]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer08.jpg|frame|Figure 8. ''E. caffer'']]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer09.jpg|frame|Figure 9. ''E. caffer'']]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Encephalartos_caffer10.jpg|frame|Figure 10. ''E. caffer'']]
</div>
</div>
===Contributed by: ===
Renier Smit (Figure 1-10)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://www.cycadlist.org/taxon.php?Taxon_ID=280 World List], 
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/41929/0 IUCN],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Encephalartos+caffer JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Encephalartos+caffer Trebrown]
</p>
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Encephalartos+caffer%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Encephalartos+caffer%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Encephalartos+caffer Flickr],
<p>
[[Category:Encephalartos|caffer ]]
[[Category:Cycad|Encephalartos_caffer]]