Encephalartos manikensis

Encephalartos manikensis

  • Encephalartos manikensis
  • Encephalartos manikensis
  • Encephalartos manikensis
  • Encephalartos manikensis
  • Encephalartos manikensis
  • Encephalartos manikensis
  • Flower name
    Encephalartos manikensis
  • Scientific name
    Encephalartos manikensis
  • Aliasオニソテツマニケンシス, Encephalartos manikensis, Gorongowe cycad, Manica cycad
  • Place of originCentral Africa in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
  • Place of floweringGreenhouse, Overseas, Specific area
  • Flowering seasonAugust

What is Encephalartos manikensis

Encephalartos manikensis (scientific name: Encephalartos manikensis) is a medium-sized cycad in the family Zamiaceae, endemic to Central Africa in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The trunk, consisting of short petiolate leaves, is thick and straight and about 1-2 meters tall. The plant is dioecious. The small leaves are medium-sized and spiny. The male and female cones are green, long and ovate, clustered at the stem tips. It is endangered.

There is another species in the same genus, Encephalartos Transvenosus.

Common name: Encephalartos manikensis, scientific name: Encephalartos manikensis, English name: Gorongowe cycad, Manica cycad, Origin: Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Central Africa; Type of life: medium-sized cycad, dioecious, Stem Height: 1-2 m; Diameter: 30 cm; Leaf Length: 1-2 m; Inflorescence: pinnate compound leaf; Leaf Color: dark green, Leaf color: dark green; cone length: 22 to 60 cm; cone diameter: 7 to 15 cm; seed color: vermilion, Seed color: vermilion; propagation method: seed.


  • Order
    Cycadales
  • Family
    Zamiaceae
  • Genus
    Encephalartos
  • Species
    E. manikensis
  • Type of flower
    Other
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    without
  • Leaf type
    Pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typemedium-sized cycad
  • Flower colorsGreen
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height100.0 ~ 200.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower7.0 ~ 15.0 cm

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