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Monotes paivae is a small tree up to about 7 m tall, endemic to Bié Province in central Angola, where it grows in miombo woodland. It is an Endangered wild species and is not known as a garden or houseplant.
Monotes paivae is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Angola. It is a small tree up to 7 metres tall. It known only from the Bié Province in central Angola, where it grows in submontane miombo woodland and open forest from 1,300 to 1,600 elevation. The species has a small range, and it is threatened by habitat loss and degradation from expansion of agriculture, livestock grazing, and settlements. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Endangered.
The species was described by Luis Catarino and Eurico Sampaio Martins in 2013.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monotes paivae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
