Leucosidea sericea Eckl. & Zeyh.

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Leucosidea sericea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Rhodes Dam, Nyanga NP

Leucosidea sericea

Photo: Mark Hyde
Owenwee Cottage, World's View, Nyanga

Leucosidea sericea

Photo: Michelle Harvey
Owenwee Cottage, World's View, Nyanga

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Synonyms:
Common names: Oldwood (E)
Frequency: Locally common in parts of the E Highlands (mainly the Nyanga area - see note below)
Status: Native
Description:
Straggling shrub or small tree with greyish foliage. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate; leaflets obovate with coarsely toothed margins; lower surface grey-green, densely covered in silky hairs. Flowers in silky, dense terminal sprays, greenish. Fruit a cluster of small nuts enclosed in the persistent remnants of the calyx.
Notes: Most common in the Nyanga area of the E Highlands but there are also specimens in SRGH from the Mutare area, Banti and the Himalayas and also further south from Chimanimani District.
Derivation of specific name: sericea: with silky appressed hairs, sericeous
Habitat: On slopes in montane grassland and along streams, where it may form dense stands.
Altitude range: (metres) 1610 - 2400 m
Flowering time: Aug - Dec
Worldwide distribution: As for the genus
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form: ST
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Content last updated: Monday 1 January 2007

Other sources of information about Leucosidea sericea:

Flora of Mozambique: Leucosidea sericea
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Leucosidea sericea
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Leucosidea sericea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Leucosidea sericea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Leucosidea sericea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leucosidea sericea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Leucosidea sericea
West African Plants database: Leucosidea sericea


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Leucosidea sericea.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=125420, retrieved 3 September 2010

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