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.
Encephalartos senticosusLebombo cycad. Female cone. Included in the IUCN Red List as vulnerable. It is also listed in Appendix 1 of CITES. E. senticosus is found in the Lebombo Mountains of South Africa. Photographed at University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA
Encephalartos eugene-maraisiiWaterberg cycad (male plant.) Included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants as endangered. Grows in the Waterberg region where the climate is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Photographed at University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA.