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Encephalartos hildebrandtii A. Braun & C. D. Bouché
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The Mombassa Cycad is found in Kenya and in Tanzania. A flour made from the seeds and stems is used as emergency food, but it is now known that this can cause liver cancer. Photo from the San Diego Zoo.