About
The Chimanimani cycad is endemic to the Chimanimani Mountains of eastern Zimbabwe, where collectors have wiped it out from some sites.
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
- Trunk up to about 1.8 m; leaves 1–1.5 m long.
Field notes
Morphology
An upright trunk up to 1.8 m tall and 45 cm thick, sometimes with extra stems from the base. Leaves 1–1.5 m long carry narrow leaflets with small marginal spines. Male plants bear 1–3 green cones 50–70 cm long; female plants a single yellow-green cone 35–40 cm long.
Distribution & habitat
Mountain grassland in high-rainfall areas (over 1,800 mm a year) at about 1,000 m, on schist and quartzite within granitic mountains.
Conservation
A 2003 assessment put the wild population at 500–1,000 plants; a 2006 estimate counted about 1,200 mature plants at Makurupini and 300 at Morambo, plus smaller colonies.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Zimbabwe
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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