Hagenia abyssinica, African Redwood

"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.