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	Stangeria eriopus
		Stangeria eriopus, not often seen in cultivation, develops into a most attractive perennial with large fern-like leaves, which is why it is often mistaken for a fern.
		Stangeria eriopus occurs in coastal grassland and inland forests along the east coast of South Africa, from the Bathhurst District, ± 33° 30' S, to just south of the Mozambique border, 27° S. Plants usually never occur further than 50 km from the coast.
		Extensive use is made of Stangeria by the Xhosa and Zulu people for medicinal purposes, especially the root which is used as a purgative and in the treatment of headaches; it is applied to damaged teats of cattle.
	www.plantzafrica.com /plantqrs/stangereriop.htm (1202 words)

	Cycad Society SA: Stangeria eriopus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stangeria eriopus is a small cycad species with stems completely subterranean and a root shaped like a carrot.
		In the north Stangeria occurs on granite soils and in the Transkei plants were observed on heavy fl clay.
		When this plant produced cones, it was named Stangeria paradoxa by Moore, refering to the paradoxal nature of the plant as being either a 'fern-like Zamia or a Zamia-like fern'.
	www.cycadsociety.org /eriopus/eriopus.html (1200 words)

	stangeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stangeria is a genus with only one species, Stangeria eriopus.
		Stangeria was described as a fern for years until someone found a plant producing a cone.
		Stangerias are beautiful plants and are well worth trying in the garden.
	cycadjungle.8m.com /cycadjungle/stangeria.html (180 words)

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