Encephalartos hildebrandtii

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Figure 1. E. hildebrandtii.

Distribution & Habitat:

Sandy plains and rocky hill tops of Kenya, and Tanzania.

Description:

A medium to large cycad, up to 6m tall, with occasional suckers. The new leaves emerge as a very attractive orange to olive green in colour.

General:

This is the most common cycad in Kenya.

Culture:

An easily grown plant, happy in either full sun or shade, and adaptable to extremes of moisture.

Figure 2. E. hildebrandtii female cone, in a garden in Malindi, Kenya.

Contributed by:

Rolf Kyburz (Figure 1)
Alex Prendergast (Figure 2)

External Links:

World List, IUCN, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr,