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Monanthotaxis trichocarpa

Botanic Family

Annonaceae

Author

(Engler & Diels) Verdcourt

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Common Names

• Msofu Simba (Kidoe)
• Mpau (Kimatumbi)
• Mkenene (Kisambaa)

Geographical Habitats

• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• streamside
• forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Nov
• Dec

Liana or straggling shrub with orange fruit, yellow flowers, twining, branchlets at first covered in dense ferrugineus hairs, later glabrous, hermaphrodite flowers axillary solitary or paired, yellow or greenish to 12mm long, fruit to 11mm long, rusty-hairy

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2