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Zamia altensteinii (Lehm.) Heynh.
Nomencl. Bot. Hort. 862 1841
Family: ZAMIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Encephalartos altensteinii Lehm.
Nov. Stirp. Pug. [Lehmann] 6: 11 1834 Monv.

Zamia altensteinii (Encephalartos altensteinii) Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
Cycad Cones in Joe's Cycad Gardens. Female. There are one to five greenish-yellow cones up to fifty centimetres long, the female scales covered with protuberances. The cones are poisonous to humans. The seeds are scarlet and up to four centimetres long.

Synonyms:

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Eastern Cape Cycad, Eastern Cape giant cycad, Bread tree, Breadtree, Bread tree cycad
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Oos-Kaapse reusebroodboom, Broodboom
CZECH (Čeština): Píchoš Altensteinův
PERSIAN (فارسی): سرخس نخلی نان
RUSSIAN (Русский): Энцефалартос Алтенштейна, Энцефаляртос Альтенштейна
SPANISH (Español): Cica espinosa
ZULU (isiZulu): uJobane



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