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Monanthotaxis obovata

Botanic Family

Annonaceae

Author

(Bentham) Verdcourt

Common Names

• Msalansi (Kinyamwezi)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverbank
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May
• Jun

Liana or small tree with leaves 125mm x 75mm hairy above, pubescent beneath, glabrous green fruit ripening red, infloresnce with a bract, yellow & green flowers, sepals 4mm x 4mm pilose tomentose externally, outer petals greenish to 12mm long, inner petals shorter

Further References

• Mobot
• FOTA