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Monotes rufotomentosus is a small tree from the dipterocarp family, native to central and southwestern Tanzania and assessed as Endangered. It is a wild woodland species rarely if ever cultivated, so care guidance is limited.
Monotes rufotomentosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a small tree endemic to central and southwestern Tanzania. It known only from the Udzungwa Mountains in south-central Madagascar, where it grows in montane miombo woodland from 1,680 to 1,700 metres elevation. The species is threatened from habitat loss and degradation from deforestation for charcoal burning. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Endangered.
The species was described by Ernest Friedrich Gilg in 1899.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monotes rufotomentosus 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.
