Encephalartos ngoyanus

Encephalartos ngoyanus is a species of cycad in Ngoye Forest, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Encephalartos ngoyanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species:
E. ngoyanus
Binomial name
Encephalartos ngoyanus
Verd.

Description

The stem is 30 cm high for a diameter of 15–20 cm. The leaves are 50 to 150 cm long, dark green in color, with leaflets that branch off opposite to an angle of 180 ° from the rachis and that are reduced to thorns towards the base of the leaf. It is a dioecious species, with yellow, ovoid male cones 20–25 cm long by 5–7 cm in diameter, and yellow, ovoid female cones 25 cm long by 12–15 cm in diameter. The seeds are oblong in shape, 25–30 mm long and 15–20 mm wide, with a red sarcotesta.[1]

gollark: Bite/earthquake/kill an egg and it dies → takes a slot for 24 hoursSickness/out of time → no slot
gollark: Otherwise no.
gollark: i.e. bite/kill.
gollark: They do if you kill them as a direct result of your action.
gollark: Maybe you could trade for 3d ones.

References

  1. "Encephalartos ngoyanus". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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