Leucosidea sericea
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Leucosidea sericea Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Leucosidea sericea, commonly known as Oldwood or Ouhout, is a species of evergreen tree and large shrub native to the Afromontane regions of Southern Africa. It is the sole species in the 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.