About
Encephalartos barteri is a West African cycad native to Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.
Field notes
Morphology
Plants are male or female. Male cones are yellow and spindle-shaped, 8–23 cm long; female cones are green and egg-shaped, 15–35 cm long with warty scales. Seeds are oblong, 20–30 mm long, with a red coat.
Distribution & habitat
Recorded in central Nigeria (Plateau State, including subsp. allochrous, and between Jebba and Ilorin), Borgou and near Savalou in Benin, the Volta basin of Ghana, and Togo.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo
- IUCN status
- Vulnerable
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crossed E. barteri with another species?Register the cross. If it's not documented yet you'll be the first contributor; if someone already registered it, you'll be taken there to add your photo.