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Monotes hirtii

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

About

Monotes hirtii is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a small tree endemic to the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It grows in open miombo woodland and wooded savanna, mostly on rocky slopes and shallow rocky soil, and rarely on deep sandy soil, from 1,200 to 1,500 metres elevation.

The species was described by Paul Auguste Duvigneaud in 1958.

Other Monotes plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monotes hirtii 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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