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Monodora carolinae

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. Tanzania to NE. Mozambique
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Monodora carolinae is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree native to northeastern Mozambique and eastern Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after his wife Carolina.

Where it grows

It has been observed growing in sandy, well-drained soils in mountainous forests at elevations from 1,700 to 2,000 meters (5,600 to 6,600 ft).

Other Monodora plants

Monodora angolensis · Monodora crispata · Monodora globiflora · Monodora grandidieri · Monodora hastipetala · Green-apple · Monodora laurentii · Monodora minor · Calabash nutmeg · Oval Green Apple · African Nutmeg · Yellow Flower Nutmeg

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monodora carolinae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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