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Green-apple

Monodora junodii

Green-apple
Photo: The print and lithograph are attributed to G. Bartusch and published as part of Ludwig Diels, Adolf Engler, Ernst Gilg, , Public domain
Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. Kenya to E. KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Monodora junodii is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formally described the species, named it after Henri-Alexandre Junod, the Swiss missionary and scientist who collected the specimen that they examined.

Where it grows

It has been observed growing in sandy soil in lowland and evergreen forests at elevations from 0–900 meters (3,000 ft).

Other Monodora plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monodora junodii 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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