Leucadendron platyspermum stem
Author: Ivan Lätti
Photographer: Thabo Maphisa
Leucadendron platyspermum lower stems are woody, covered in pale grey and smooth bark.
The old female cones are persistent, their thick scales rigid in concentric rings. Each seed is surrounded by a membranous wing facilitating dispersal by wind (Mustart, et al, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; JSTOR; Wikipedia).