''Afrosciadium kerstenii'',

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

''Peucedanum kerstenii'', is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to east tropical Africa ( Kenya,

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

, Tanzania and Uganda) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaïre). It grows among the giant groundsels ('' Dendrosenecio'') atop of the mountains of east Africa:

Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...

Mount Kenya Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...

, Rwenzori Mountains and the Virunga Volcanoes. ''Afrosciadium kerstenii'' is a

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

like "large hardy perennial" umbel that grows to be 2 meters (6 – 7 feet) tall and found on the

Ruwenzori Range The Ruwenzori, also spelled Rwenzori and Rwenjura, are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest peak of the Ruwenzori reaches , and the range' ...

in woodlands at altitudes of 3,500 - 4,200 meters (11,000 - 14,000 feet), and on the slopes of all the larger mountains mixed with '' Hagenia abyssinica''. Afrosciadium kerstenii (53273)

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Apioideae Flora of the Republic of the Congo Flora of East Tropical Africa Taxa named by Adolf Engler {{Apiaceae-stub