Leucosidea

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Leucosidea sericea

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe: Agrimoniinae
Genus: Leucosidea
Eckl. & Zeyh.
Species: L. sericea
Binomial name
Leucosidea sericea
Eckl. & Zeyh.

Leucosidea sericea, commonly known as Oldwood, is a species of evergreen tree and large shrub native to the Afromontane regions of Southern Africa. It is the sole species of genus Leucosidea.

L. sericea can be found above 1000 meters elevation in the highlands of South Africa (Eastern Cape, western KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Free State, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo provinces), Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

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