Lebombo Cycad

Name: Encephalartos Lebomboensis Varigated | Lembombo Cycad
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Encephalartos lebomboensis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Broodboom (Afr.)

FULL SUN

ADVANCED CARE

MODERATE WATERING

TENDER

13b

USDA ZONE

18°C

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

EXPECTED SIZE

HEIGHT		SPREAD
2m	MAX	2m
1m	MIN	1m

LEBOMBO CYCAD OVERVIEW

The Lebombo cycad is endemic to the Lebombo Mountains of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They are beautiful ornamental plants popular in temperate gardens. Mature plants can have 6 – 8 stems, each producing 1 – 3 cones. Female cones are yellow to orange-yellow, egg-shaped, 40 – 45 cm long and covered with fine grey-brown hairs. Seeds are scarlet-red. This is a common feature plant. ZA Distribution: Mpumalanga.

COMMON PROBLEMS WITH LEBOMBO CYCAD

PEST

Soft Scale

HOW TO HARVEST LEBOMBO CYCAD

Harvest seed when mature and loose from the cone.

HOW TO PROPAGATE LEBOMBO CYCAD

Seed

Naked seeds grow on female plants and need pollen from male plants to be fertile. Sow fresh fertile seeds in sandy soil and keep warm and moist. Germination can take 1-3 months.

Suckers

Remove suckers when they have developed their own roots.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF LEBOMBO CYCAD

Pot plant

Attractive leaves

Indoor plant

Drought resistant

OTHER USES OF LEBOMBO CYCAD

Ornamental

Edible

The Afrikaans name ‘Broodboom’ came from the traditional use of the pith as bread – note that Cycads is toxic and it needs a 3month fermentation process to break down those toxins!

Encephalartos Lebomboensis Varigated