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Encephalartos equatorialis
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-5 columns"> [[File:Encephalartos_equatorialis05.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''E. equatorialis'' female cone.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-7 columns"> ===Distribution & Habitat:=== Southern Uganda, around Jinja, and Lake Victoria, where it grows on exposed granite outcrops. ===Description:=== A large, clumping cycad, with 4-6 trunks, up to 5m long. Has narrow, dark green leaves up to 3.5 long, and usually held erect. Sometimes develops a very striking yellow rachis. ===General:=== Plants are threatened by cultivation, and don't appear to be regenerating. ===Culture:=== Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Vigorous grower. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Encephalartos_equatorialis.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''E. equatorialis'' in south-eastern Uganda near the town of Jinja.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Encephalartos_equatorialis02.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''E. equatorialis'' new flush.]] </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Encephalartos_equatorialis03.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''E. equatorialis'']] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Encephalartos_equatorialis04.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''E. equatorialis'' leaf detail.]] </div> </div> ===Contributed by: === Peter Heibloem, '''Cycad Gardens''' (Figure 1)<br/> Jan Anderson (Figure 2,3,4&5) ===External Links:=== [https://www.cycadlist.org/taxon.php?Taxon_ID=289 World List], [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/41887/0 IUCN], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Encephalartos+equatorialis JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Encephalartos+equatorialis Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Encephalartos+equatorialis%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Encephalartos+equatorialis%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Encephalartos+equatorialis Flickr], <p> [[Category:Encephalartos|equatorialis ]] [[Category:Cycad|Encephalartos_equatorialis]]
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