Encephalartos poggei is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae.[3] It is referred to by the common name Kananga cycad. It is native to Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaire.[2][1]
It is a cycad with an erect stem, up to 2 m tall and 20–30 cm in diameter. The leaves, pinnate, 70–150 cm long, are arranged in a crown at the apex of the stem and are supported by a 7-20 cm long petiole, without thorns and covered with a greyish tomentum; each leaf is composed of 18-60 pairs of lanceolate, leathery leaflets, on average 8-15 cm long, of glaucous green color.
It is a dioecious species with male specimens that have 1-3 cones, sub-cylinders, 16–20 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, greenish to orange yellow in color, and female specimens with 1-3 ovoid cones, 17–23 long cm and with a diameter of 9-12 cm, initially green, yellow when ripe.
The seeds are coarsely ovoid, 20–33 mm long, covered with a red-brownish sarcotesta.[4]
It occurs in:[1]
Encephalartos poggei is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is referred to by the common name Kananga cycad. It is native to Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaire.
