Monanthotaxis diclina

(Sprague) Verdc.

Annonaceae
Monanthotaxis diclina
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Monanthotaxis diclina
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Monanthotaxis diclina
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Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo, Gabon, Liberia, West Africa,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical shrubby creeper or small tree in the Annonaceae family, with vines approximately 10 cm across. The plant contains essential oils.

Notes

It contains essential oils.

Names & Synonyms

Ne-bor-vah, Pome

Clathrospermum mannii Oliv.Popowia caulantha ExellPopowia diclina SpraguePopowia pynaertii De Wild.
References (3)
  • Brevard County Edible Acres (As Popowia pynaertii)
  • Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1 (As Popowia pynaertii)
  • Harris, D. J., 2002, The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, 2002. – 274 pages p 44

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