This species is endemic to the Eastern Province of Kenya. It grows in dense forest on rocky slopes and outcroppings. This species makes a large plant. Leaves are between one and a half to two meters in length, and stems are quite fat (getting around a meter in diameter) and over ten meters tall. This species is large and showy, before you see any vertical stem, this plant will produce a large upright crown of leaves. As it grows, E. tegulaneus almost looks like a palm tree (and has been mistaken form one – you will see why in the photos). The leaflets are long and are a deep green. The leaflets and petioles are armed and are sharp. Female cones are an orange color and male cones are yellow.
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