Only a single, male specimen of the Wood's cycad (Encephalartos woodii) has ever been discovered in the wild. In 1895, botanist John Medley Wood found the solitary plant in what is now the Ngoye ...

Today, Saint Helena still struggles with the loss of its native plants. Though it looked like a palm tree, Wood’s Cycad was actually part of an ancient group of plants. Found in South Africa ...