This XfrogPlants Bushman’s River Cycad 3D model collection contains three highly detailed, fully textured variations of the plant at different ages.



Evergreen Cycad
Origin: Natal (South Africa)
Environment: coastal and river sites, in open shrubland orleaning from steep rocky slopes; closed evergreen forests in valleys
Climate: warm, mild
African names: Oos-Kaapse broodboom (Afrikaans)

Notes:Also known as Eastern Cape Cycad, or Bread Tree Cycad, this species belongsto the Encephalartos genus, whose name, of Greek origin, means “bread in thehead”. This refers to the Hottentots’ practice of burying the pith for two monthsbefore baking it as bread. The burial destroys the toxins in the pith. It is a longlivedspecies, but like the whole genus, it is classified as endangered.