Encephalartos transvenosus is a palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae, with a localized distribution in Limpopo, South Africa.

The queen resides near a valley (of late a nature reserve) which is densely forested with these cycads, which they protected and hold sacred.

It has shiny, spiny leaves arranged in a nearly straight pattern, each leaf reaching up to two and a half meters in length.

The leaflets are wide, with the middle ones reaching about three centimeters in width, slightly curved, and with small teeth along the edges.

The female cone can grow up to eighty centimeters long, weigh thirty-four kilograms, and contain bright orange-red seeds.