Monodora junodii Engl. & Diels
var. macrantha Paiva

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Monodora junodii var. macrantha

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu Concession, Sofala.

Monodora junodii var. macrantha

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu Concession, Sofala.

Monodora junodii var. macrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest, Cheringoma

Monodora junodii var. macrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest, Cheringoma

Monodora junodii var. macrantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:
Common names: Green apple (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, shiny and and thinly textured. Flowers reddish-brown to wine-red, rather striking. Fruit near spherical, not segmented, blackish and deeply wrinkled with vertical ridges when ripe.
Notes: This variety differs from var. junodii by the leathery leaves with prominent veining and lime-green to yellowish hairless flowers on longer stalks with reddish inner petals.
Derivation of specific name: junodii: named after Henri-Alexandra Junod (1863-1934), Swiss evangelist and naturalist in South Africa;
macrantha: large-flowered
Habitat: On rocky outcrops and in woodland, usually in hot and dry areas.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution: Mozambique and Mpumalanga South Africa.
Mozambique distribution: MS
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Saturday 16 December 2017
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 128. (Includes a picture).

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 211 - 212.

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Monodora junodii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Monodora junodii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Monodora junodii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Monodora junodii
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iNaturalist: Monodora junodii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Monodora junodii
JSTOR Plant Science: Monodora junodii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Monodora junodii
Plants of the World Online: Monodora junodii
Tropicos: Monodora junodii
Wikipedia: Monodora junodii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Monodora junodii var. macrantha.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=183340, retrieved 25 April 2024

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