About
Encephalartos aplanatus is a short cycad from Eswatini whose long leaves stand upright when young and lie flat with age.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- Short-stemmed; leaves up to about 3.5 m long.
Field notes
Morphology
A short plant with 2–8 dark green leaves up to 3.5 m long; lance-shaped, toothed leaflets about 30 cm long, and a finely spiny leaf stalk. Male cones are yellow and spindle-shaped, about 60 cm long; female cones are yellow and egg-shaped, about 40 cm long. Seeds are 25 mm long with a red coat.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Eswatini
- IUCN status
- Vulnerable
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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