It is native to the grassland on two large granite monadnocks of the Ituri forest area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

"[1] This cycad grows to 6 metres tall with a trunk diameter of 50 cm.

The leaflets are curved and tapering, with a spine at the top and several teeth along the margin.

[3] Like other cycads, E. ituriensis is dioecious, with both male and female trees.

Female trees have 1 or 2 seed cones, which are ovoid and 18–20 cm long.