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Monodora hastipetala is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree endemic to eastern Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its spear (hasti- in Latin) shaped inner petals.
It has been observed growing in scrub and coastal forests at elevations from 200 to 400 meters (660 to 1,300 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monodora hastipetala 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.
