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Lewis, J. (1960) Gymnospermae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) 78-80
Dioecious trees or shrubs. Trunk crowned with a tuft of large pinnate leaves. Leaflets usually spiny with parallel nerves. Scales of female cones with only 2 ovules on their adaxial side. Worldwide: Approximately 65 species in Tropical and South Africa (African Plant Database). Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Species | Content |
| horridus (Jacq.) Lehm. | |
| manikensis (Gilliland) Gilliland | Description, Image |
| transvenosus Stapf & Burtt Davy |
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