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Mondia whitei

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Hooker f.) Skeels

Common Names

• Ngongola (Kimaasai)
• Ubombo (Sambaa)
• Mundi (Natal)
• Umundi (Natal)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• W. Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Natal
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• dry forest
• riverside
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• Jun
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous minutely pubescent caudiciform liana with leaves 175mm x 125mm glabrous or pubescent both sides, greenish-cream flowers, purple inside, axillary paniculate cymes to 150mm long with bracts to 6mm long, sepals 5mm x 3mm, 5 lobed corolla, glabrous purple lobes 12mm x 6mm green at base, widely divergent follicles 100mm x 45mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew