Encephalartos longifolius is a low-growing palm -like cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Thunberg's cycad, breadpalm or broodboom. [2] . This cycad is listed as near threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [3]

As jy ‘n eksotiese broodboom besit, het jy dalk nie ‘n permit nodig nie. Broodbome word dikwels met palms en boomvarings verwar, en inheemse broodbome is moeilik om van eksotiese broodbome te onderskei. Hier is hoe om te kyk of jy ‘n Encephalartos-broodboom in jou tuin het.

Encephalartos, die broodbome, is 'n genus van diësiese (d.w.s. aparte manlike en vroulike individue) naaksadiges in die broodpalm familie Zamiaceae. Die genus is endemies aan tropiese, subtropiese en suidelike Afrika, maar is afwesig in Madagaskar.

Common names: (Afr) Broodboom, Lebombo broodboom, Piet Retief broodboom. (Eng) Piet Retief Cycad, Lebombo Cycad. (isiZulu) Isigqiki-somkhova. (siSwati) Ligebeleweni, Sijekwane. Isigqiki-somkhova applies generally to cycad species with trunks. Family: Zamiaceae.

Encephalartos is a genus of cycad native to Africa. Several species of Encephalartos are commonly referred to as bread trees, [2] bread palms[3] or kaffir bread, [4] since a bread-like starchy food can be prepared from the centre of the stem.

Common names: (Afr) Broodboom, Karoo-broodboom. (Eng) Bread Palm, Bushman’s River Cycad, Karoo Cycad. Family: Zamiaceae. This family is part of the major group: Gymnosperms.

In the past, the pith from the stem of cycads was removed, then enclosed in an animal skin, fermented and ground into a meal which was used to make bread, hence the Afrikaans name broodboom = bread tree.

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In times of famine the pith of the stem was used as a substitute for bread flour, hence the common names “Broodboom”. 2.3. Common to the Encephalartos genus, E. Natalensis is used as a garden plant.

Encephalartos transvenosus, the Modjadji cycad or Modjadji broodboom, is native to South Africa occurring mostly within the Letaba District of Mpumalanga (Figure 3). The cycad collection at the University of Pretoria is exceptional, as it is the largest in the southern hemisphere.