2733.000 Monodora Dunal

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing or scrambling. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered cymes, terminal or extra-axillary. Bracteole 1, usually amplexicaul, persistent, foliaceous. Sepals 3, much shorter than the petals, free. Petals 6, in two unequal whorls, all united at the base; outer broad at base, inner unguiculate. Stamens numerous. Carpels united to form a 1-locular ovary with numerous ovules. Stigmas radiating. Fruit a many-seeded berry. Seeds glossy; aril 0.

Worldwide: 15 species in tropical Africa

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
carolinae Couvreur[NrEnd][EN]	N	Description
grandidieri Baill.	N	Description, Image
junodii Engl. & Diels var. junodii	N,T?,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
junodii Engl. & Diels var. macrantha Paiva	MS	Description, Image
minor Engl. & Diels[VU]	N	Description
stenopetala Oliv.[NrEnd][EN]	T,MS	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Monodora
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Monodora

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Monodora
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Monodora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Monodora
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Monodora
JSTOR Plant Science: Monodora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Monodora
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Tropicos: Monodora
Wikipedia: Monodora