Hagenia abyssinica — a medium houseplant
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Hagenia abyssinica

Hagenia Abyssinica

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Hagenia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant with the sole species Hagenia abyssinica, native to the high-elevation Afromontane regions of central and eastern Africa. It also has a disjunct distribution in the high mountains of East Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia in the north, through Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Tanzania, to Malawi and Zambia in the south. A member of the rose family, its closest relative is the Afromontane genus Leucosidea.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Hagenia
Family
Rosaceae
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Hagenia abyssinica leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Hagenia abyssinica bark
PLATE 02 · bark
Hagenia abyssinica habit
PLATE 03 · habit