Encephalartos manikensis

Encephalartos manikensis (Gorongo Cycad, Gorongowe Cycad) is a species of cycad that is native to Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[1]

Encephalartos manikensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Encephalartos
Species:
E. manikensis
Binomial name
Encephalartos manikensis
Gilliland 1939

Description

It is a cycad with an arborescent habit, with a stem up to 1.5 m high, sometimes with secondary stems originating from basal shoots. The pinnate leaves, arranged in a crown at the apex of the stem, are 1–2 m long, supported by a petiole 5–6 cm long, and composed of about 60 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, sometimes with 1-2 spines on the upper margin and lower, inserted on the rachis with an angle of 180°, reduced to thorns towards the petiole. It is a dioecious species, with male specimens that have from 1 to 4 cylindrical-ovoid cones, erect, 25–65 cm long and 15–22 cm broad, light green, and female specimens with 1-2 ovoid cones, 30 –45 cm and width 20–25 cm, The seeds are coarsely ovoid, 3–5 cm long, covered with a bright red sarcotesta.[2]

  • Cone
    Cone
  • Leaves
    Leaves

References
  1. "Encephalartos manikensis in Tropicos".
  2. "Encephalartos manikensis". PlantNET Home Page - National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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