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"'Oldest' pot plant to get new pot"
A tree believed to be the "oldest pot plant in the world" has been re-potted in a delicate operation at Kew Gardens in south London.
The ancient cycad was collected in the early 1770s from the Eastern Cape in South Africa by Kew's first plant-hunter Francis Masson.
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Eastern Cape Giant grows in coastal areas of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.
"'Oldest' pot plant to get new pot"
A tree believed to be the "oldest pot plant in the world" has been re-potted in a delicate operation at Kew Gardens in south London.
The ancient cycad was collected in the early 1770s from the Eastern Cape in South Africa by Kew's first plant-hunter Francis Masson.
Video
Eastern Cape Giant grows in coastal areas of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.
Encephalartos altensteinii Lehm. (Bread Palm).
Taken at Palm House, Kew Gardens, (London, UK)
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