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.
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2012). Encephalartos Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 5 June 2012 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=90