Connaraceae
Manotes

Manotes expansa Sol. ex Planch.

First published in Linnaea 23: 439 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Connaraceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Climbing shrub up to 20 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers red or yellowish-pink
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits reddish-brown
Ecology
In forest.
[FWTA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Connaraceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A climbing or scrambling shrub, 6–20 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers with pink sepals and white or yellow petals
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits scarlet
Ecology
In old farmland and forest regrowth.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0