Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms)

Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with textured brown trunk and long, rigid, green plant leaves.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing a thick brown trunk supporting long, spreading, stiff green leaves.

Botanical name: Encephalartos sp.

Common names: Bread Palms, Bread Tree, Kaffir Bread

Family: Zamiaceae

Origin: Africa

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

USDA Zone: 9-10

Large shrub 5-10 ft tallPlant form: Large bush
Plant mature sizeMature height: 5-10 ft
Semi-shadeSun exposure: Semi-shade
Cold toleranceCold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWater Requirement: Low. Allow soil to dry out between wateringsWatering: Moderate; tolerates dry conditions
Suitable forSuitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Thorny or spinyThorns: Thorny or spiny

Several of the species possess stout trunks. The persistent, pinnate leaves are arranged in a terminal spreading crown, or ascending. The rigid leaflets are variously spiny or incised along their margins. Male cones are elongated, and three or four may appear at a time. Female cones are borne singly, or up to three at a time, and may weigh up to 60 pounds (27 kg).

Species :

Encephalartos ferox

Encephalartos gratus

Encephalartos hildebrandtii

Encephalartos horridus

Encephalartos lehmanii

Encephalartos natalensis

Encephalartos transvenosus

Encephalartos villosus

Similar plants: Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms)


Image gallery: 19 images
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) green plant with long fronds and sharp leaf edges.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) foliage with long narrow green leaflets reaching towards the sky.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) green plant leaves close up showing sharp pointed leaflets and stems.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) narrow, sharp green leaves arranged symmetrically along the stiff, upright stems.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) green spiky leaves close up
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing long fronds with sharp, spiky edges.
Encephalartos hildebrandtii (East African Sago Palm) green plant with textured thick brown trunk stem
Encephalartos hildebrandtii (East African Sago Palm) reaching toward the light with long green palm fronds
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) silver blue leaves growing from a thick brown central stem
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) displays long silver blue leaves rising from a woody central trunk
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) green plant with long stiff leaves arranged in a circle
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing thick green leaves radiating from the center of the plant
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) long green leaves plant with tall stiff fronds spreading outward.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with long green fronds spreading from the thick central trunk base.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) pink cone, rough brown trunk, and green leaves close up
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing a large textured pink cone on the woody thick trunk
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) green plant with rigid, long, pointed leaves in radial symmetry.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with long, pointed green leaves extending from a textured brown trunk.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with a large orange cone and deep green stiff leaves.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) displaying a textured orange cone amidst dark green foliage.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) silver blue leaves with a brown cone plant close up
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing silver blue leaves spreading around a brown central cone
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) close up brown stalks with yellow sharp spikes plant view
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing stalks with yellow sharp spikes on the stem texture.
Encephalartos hildebrandtii (East African Sago Palm) brown textured trunk and green leaves close up
Encephalartos hildebrandtii (East African Sago Palm) trunk showing rough brown scales and green sharp leaves
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with vibrant orange cones and deep green spiny leaves plant
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing textured orange cones rising among dark glossy spiny green leaves.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with dark green leaves and orange cones on the plant.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing stiff dark green leaves radiating around central orange cones.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) orange cones, close up of vibrant texture on thick green plant.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) cones with orange scales nestled among stiff, spiked, deep green leaflets.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with orange textured trunk and blue leaves in close up.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) with orange base and stiff blue foliage emerging from the center.
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) silver blue leaves close up in a botanical cycad collection
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) foliage showing stiff silver blue leaflets with sharp pointed end tips
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) green plant with long pinnate leaves spreading in symmetrical circle
Encephalartos sp. (Bread Palms) showing long dark green stiff leaves radiating from center of plant.


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