Monotes engleri Gilg

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Burma Valley Circular Drive near Vumba Junction

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Nr Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani

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Mutirikwi CL, Murray MacDougall Drive

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Mbatamile, HQ of Reserva National de Niassa.

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Along path from Zebra Ranger Camp to Nharizengere Falls, northwestern Gorongosa National Park

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Entrance of Nhahombe Camp, Chimanimani National Reserve.

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Lubinda Village, Kaoma Distr., Western Prov.

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Synonyms:	Monotes caloneurus Gilg. Monotes dawei H.H.Bancr. Monotes elegans Gilg. Monotes hypoleucus sensu Eyles Monotes hypoleucus var. caloneurus (Gilg) Meerts Monotes schmitzii P.A.Duvign Monotes tomentellus Hutch.
Common names:	Pink-fruited monotes (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Small to medium sized tree. The leaves are distinctly bicoloured, dark green above and silvery-grey beneath. Flowers in short axillary heads, yellowish; stamens and anthers forming a triangular appendage. Fruit winged by the enlarged calyx lobes, pink to red when young, drying to pale brown.
Notes:	The leaves resemble those of Parinari curatellifolia but differ in the presence of the extra-floral nectary at the base of the lamina.
Derivation of specific name:	engleri: named after Dr Prof Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), German Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin, who initiated extensive botanical exploration in Africa.
Habitat:	In sandy open woodland.
Altitude range:	Up to 1580 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Mar (May)
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 4 November 2020
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 621. (Includes a picture). *Coates Palgrave, K. et al.* (1956).** Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 162 - 164. Monotes tomentellus (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 8. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. Duvigneaud, P. (1960-1). Dipterocarpaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 418 - 420. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1967). The influence of copper content of the soil on trees and shrubs of Molly South Hill, Mangula Kirkia 6(1) Pages 63 - 84. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 39.

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