- Family:
- Annonaceae Juss.
Monodora Dunal

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, glabrous or with simple hairs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers bisexual
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Sepals valvate, free, shorter than petals. Petals 6, in 2 whorls of 3, valvate, all united at the base, usually with crisped or undulate margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens numerous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels several, united into a 1-celled ovary with numerous ovules; stigmas sessile, radiating
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit syncarpous, with numerous seeds; pericarp leathery or woody.
- Distribution
- Genus of some 15 species confined to tropical Africa.
[FZ]
Annonaceae, N. K. B. Robson. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing or scrambling, glabrous or with simple hairs, with young shoots which frequently blacken and become brittle on drying.
- Morphology General Buds
- Buds ovoid.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers bisexual, solitary or more rarely paired or in few-flowered cymes, terminal or extra-axillary or in the axils of fallen leaves, pedicellate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracteole solitary, usually amplexicaul, persistent, often foliaceous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 3, valvate, much shorter than the petals, free.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 6, in two unequal whorls, both valvate, all united at the base, often with undulate margins, the outer ones broad at the base, usually spreading or reflexed, the inner ones ± unguiculate, usually connivent at the apices or erect.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens ?, oblong or cuneiform to ± orbicular, with thecae extrorse, and connective-prolongation thickened; filaments absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels several, united to form a 1-locular globose or conic ovary with parietal placentation and numerous ovules; stigmas sessile, radiating.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a coriaceous or ligneous berry, globose to ellipsoid or obovoid, many-seeded.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds irregularly arranged, shining; aril absent.
[FTEA]
Annonaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing or scrambling, glabrous or with simple hairs; young stems often glaucous, frequently drying black as do the young leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary or less often in 2–few-flowered cymes, terminal or extra-axillary or on shoots from which leaves have fallen, pedicellate, sometimes very conspicuously so; bracteole single, often large and leafy, usually amplexicaul, persistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 3, valvate, free, shorter than the petals
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 6 in 2 whorls of 3, both valvate, unequal, all united at the base, very often with markedly crisped or undulate margins, the outer broad at the base, usually spreading or curved, inner ± clawed, often with the apices connivent at the tips until flower is very mature
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens numerous, oblong, cuneiform or almost globose; filaments absent; anther-cells extrorse; connective-prolongation thickened
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels several, united into a conical or globose 1-celled ovary with numerous ovules and parietal placentation; stigmas sessile, radiating
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit syncarpous, globose, ellipsoid or obovoid, with numerous seeds and leathery or woody pericarp
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds irregularly arranged, mostly shining brown; aril absent.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
- Monodora angolensis Welw.
- Monodora carolinae Couvreur
- Monodora crispata Engl.
- Monodora globiflora Couvreur
- Monodora grandidieri Baill.
- Monodora hastipetala Couvreur
- Monodora junodii Engl. & Diels
- Monodora laurentii De Wild.
- Monodora minor Engl. & Diels
- Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal
- Monodora stenopetala Oliv.
- Monodora tenuifolia Benth.
- Monodora undulata (P.Beauv.) Couvreur
- Monodora zenkeri Engl.
Monodora Dunal appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 1, 2001 | Lane, P. [256], Cameroon | K000109629 | No | ||
Harris, D.J. [2648], Central African Republic | 63045.000 | No | |||
Harris, D.J. [2252], Central African Republic | 63051.000 | No | |||
Harris, D.J. [2252], Central African Republic | 63057.000 | No | |||
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [10295], Cameroon | K000105572 | No | |||
Ndam, N. [126], Cameroon | K000460174 | No |
First published in Monogr. Anonac.: 79 (1817)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 1: 37.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Mon. Anon.: 34, 79 (1817).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Mon. Anon.: 34, 79 (1817)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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