Photo 3.9
Only a single individual of Wood's Cycad Encephalartos woodii (Extinct in the Wild) was ever found in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa. Its extinction may have been a natural event, although the final end of the wild population may have been hastened by over-exploitation for medicinal purposes by local people. There is no likelihood of ever reintroducing the species back into the wild as there are only male plants in existence, and the risk of theft would be too great.
Photo: © John S. Donaldson.