Cycad is a palm-like plant of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones. Cycads were abundant during the Triassic and Jurassic eras, but have since been in decline.
How To Sell Cycads In South Africa
Can you sell cycads in South Africa?
Cycads are protected by both national and provincial legislation.
Various permits are needed for any activity that relates to Cycads such as possession, transport, growing, buying, or selling.
How much do cycads cost in South Africa?
R 1 200 / Unit For Sale.
How do you get a cycad permit?
Send an email to Violet at: violet.ndongeni@gauteng.gov.za or adam.nyundu@gauteng.gov.za and indicate that you want to apply for a cycad permit. They will send the forms to be filled out.
If you do not receive a response, call Violet on 063 6952 107 or Adam on 064 880 2044.
How do I identify a cycad?
Stems have spirals of relatively smooth diamond-shaped leaf scars. Cycads produce cones. If they have the above characters and a cone, the plant is a cycad.
Which Cycads are protected?
Technical information: Stamp issue
Protected plants: cycads.
Stamps.
Woolly cycad (Encephalartos heenanii).
Venda cycad (Encephalartos hirsutus).
Lydenburg cycad (Encephalartos inopinus).
Kaapsehoop cycad (Encephalartos laevifolius).
Albany cycad (Encephalartos latifrons).
Do you need a permit for a cycad in South Africa?
CITES permits are required for all imports and exports of cycads and cycad material. (South Africa has been a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)