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Monotes glaber

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. DR Congo to N. Botswana
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Monotes glaber is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to south-central Africa, ranging from the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo through Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to northern Botswana. It grows from 3 to 10 metres tall. It is widespread in miombo woodland on sandy soil.

The species was described by Thomas Archibald Sprague in 1909.

Other Monotes plants

Monotes adenophyllus · Monotes africanus · Monotes autennei · Monotes dasyanthus · Monotes doryphorus · Monotes duvigneaudii · Monotes engleri · Monotes glandulosus · Monotes gossweileri · Monotes hirtii · Monotes hypoleucus · Monotes katangensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monotes glaber 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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