Zamiaceae
Ground cycad
Encephalartos villosus
- Family
- Zamiaceae
- Genus
- Encephalartos
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Stamlose broodboom
- Chinese
- 长毛非洲铁
- Czech
- Píchoš huňatý
- English
- Ground cycad, Poor Man's cycad
- French
- Cycas de pauvre
- German
- Zykadee der Arme
- Italian
- Cicas di povero
- Portuguese
- Cica de probre
- Spanish
- Cícada de pobre
- Xhosa
- UmGusa, UmPhanga
- Zulu
- IsiDwaba-somkhovu, IsiGqikisomkhovu, IsiKomakhoma sehlati
Synonyms
- Encephalartos striatus Stapf & Burtt Davy
- Encephalartos villosus f. intermedius Henn.
- Encephalartos villosus f. villosus
- Encephalartos villosus var. villosus
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.