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Monotes africanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a shrub or small tree, up to 8 metres tall, which is native to central and southern tropical Africa. It ranges from Tanzania and Mozambique to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola. It grows in miombo woodland and savanna on a variety of soils from 60 to 1,900 metres elevation. It is a common tree in miombo woodland, sometimes dominant and forming pure stands.
Miombo woodlands are threatened by clearance for firewood, charcoal production, and expansion of agriculture. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Least Concern.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monotes africanus 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.
