Encephalartos macrostrobilus

Encephalartos macrostrobilus is a species of cycad in Africa. It is found only in Moyo District, northwestern Uganda, which is populated predominantly by the ethnic Madi.[1]

Encephalartos macrostrobilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species:
E. macrostrobilus
Binomial name
Encephalartos macrostrobilus
Scott Jones & Wynants

Description

It is a cicada with an arborescent habit, with an erect or decombent stem, up to 2.5 m tall and 30-45 cm in diameter. The pinnate leaves, arranged like a crown at the apex of the stem, are 1.4-2.2 m long, supported by a 12-15 cm long petiole, and composed of numerous pairs of lanceolate, leathery leaflets, up to 25 long cm, insert on the rachis at right angles It is a dioecious species, with male specimens presenting from 6 to 14 closely ovoid cones, erect, 18–20 cm long and 5 cm broad, olive green in color, and female specimens with 1-3 large cylindrical-ovoid cones, long to at 80 cm and 30 cm wide, initially dark green, olive green when ripe. The seeds are coarsely ovoid, 3.2-3.6 cm long, covered by a yellow to red seed coat.[2]


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References
  1. Donaldson, J.S. (2010). "Encephalartos macrostrobilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41918A10595573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41918A10595573.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "Encephalartos macrostrobilus". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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