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Zamiaceae

Wood's cycad

Encephalartos woodii Sander

Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos

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Wood's cycad: One of the original stems of Encephalartos woodii at Durban Botanic Garden , South Africa.
Photo: Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)
Afrikaans
Woodbroodboom
Arabic
نخلة وود
arz
نخله وود
Chinese
伍德苏铁, 伍德蘇鐵
Czech
Píchoš Woodův
English
Wood's cycad, Woodis cycad
Korean
우디소철
Persian
چوب سرخس نخلی
Russian
Энцефаляртос Вуда

Synonyms

  • Encephalartos altensteinii var. bispinnus J.M.Wood

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.