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Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm.

Ferocious Blue Cycad

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001061
Common name: Ferocious Blue Cycad
English name: Eastern Cape Blue cycad, Blue cycad,
Arabic name: انسيفالارتس هوريدس
Native: South Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen dioecious blue cycad, slow-growing, small to median -sized Leaves recurving, pinnate, 60-90 cm long in a dense terminal crown, spiny, blue green, leaflets Hard, lanceolate, spine-tipped,  leaflets emerge silver blue, but typically age over time to blue green or green Leaflets give rise to the specific epithet male cones cylindrical, female cone oval

Ornamental cycad. Landscape. Indoor plant

Zamia horrida Jacq

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Texture: Sandy Sandy loam
Fertility: Undetermined
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Low water Moderate Water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds - suckers
Flowering time: Non- flowering
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0
Status: Endangered
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Cycads
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Desert
Plant Uses: Landscape Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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