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Monodora
''Monodora'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Ma .... It contains approximately 15 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa. Selected species * '' Monodora angolensis'' Welw. * '' Monodora carolinae'' Couvreur * '' Monodora crispata'' Engl. * '' Monodora globiflora'' Couvreur * '' Monodora grandidieri'' Baill. * '' Monodora hastipetala'' Couvreur * '' Monodora junodii'' Engl. & Diels * '' Monodora laurentii'' De Wild. * '' Monodora minor'' Engl. & Diels * '' Monodora myristica'' (Gaertn.) Dunal; Calabash nutmeg; based on: ''Annona myristica'' Gaertn. * '' Monodora stenopetala'' Oliv. * '' Monodora tenuifolia'' Benth. * '' Monodora undulata'' (P.Beauv.) Couvreur * '' Monodora unwinii'' Hutch. & Dalz. * '' Monodora zenkeri' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora
''Monodora'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Ma .... It contains approximately 15 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa. Selected species * '' Monodora angolensis'' Welw. * '' Monodora carolinae'' Couvreur * '' Monodora crispata'' Engl. * '' Monodora globiflora'' Couvreur * '' Monodora grandidieri'' Baill. * '' Monodora hastipetala'' Couvreur * '' Monodora junodii'' Engl. & Diels * '' Monodora laurentii'' De Wild. * '' Monodora minor'' Engl. & Diels * '' Monodora myristica'' (Gaertn.) Dunal; Calabash nutmeg; based on: ''Annona myristica'' Gaertn. * '' Monodora stenopetala'' Oliv. * '' Monodora tenuifolia'' Benth. * '' Monodora undulata'' (P.Beauv.) Couvreur * '' Monodora unwinii'' Hutch. & Dalz. * '' Monodora zenkeri' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Zenkeri
''Monodora'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. It contains approximately 15 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa. Selected species * '' Monodora angolensis'' Welw. * '' Monodora carolinae'' Couvreur * '' Monodora crispata'' Engl. * '' Monodora globiflora'' Couvreur * '' Monodora grandidieri'' Baill. * '' Monodora hastipetala'' Couvreur * '' Monodora junodii'' Engl. & Diels * ''Monodora laurentii'' De Wild. * '' Monodora minor'' Engl. & Diels * ''Monodora myristica ''Monodora myristica'', the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eq ...'' (Gaertn.) Dunal; Calabash nutmeg; based on: ''Annona myristica'' Gaertn. * '' Monodora stenopetala'' Oliv. * '' Monodora tenuifolia'' Benth. * '' Monodora undulata'' (P.Beauv.) Couvreur * '' Monodora unwinii'' Hutch. & Dalz. * '' Monodora zenkeri'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Myristica
''Monodora myristica'', the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. In former times, its seeds were widely sold as an inexpensive nutmeg substitute. This is now less common outside its region of production. Other names of calabash nutmeg include Jamaican nutmeg, African nutmeg, ehuru, ariwo, awerewa, ehiri, airama, African orchid nutmeg, muscadier de Calabash and lubushi. Cultivation and history The calabash nutmeg tree grows naturally in evergreen forests from Liberia to Nigeria and Cameroon, Ghana, Angola and also Uganda and west Kenya. Due to the slave trade in the 18th century, the tree was introduced to the Caribbean islands where it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabash Nutmeg
''Monodora myristica'', the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree of the family Annonaceae or custard apple family of flowering plants. It is native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. In former times, its seeds were widely sold as an inexpensive nutmeg substitute. This is now less common outside its region of production. Other names of calabash nutmeg include Jamaican nutmeg, African nutmeg, ehuru, ariwo, awerewa, ehiri, airama, African orchid nutmeg, muscadier de Calabash and lubushi. Cultivation and history The calabash nutmeg tree grows naturally in evergreen forests from Liberia to Nigeria and Cameroon, Ghana, Angola and also Uganda and west Kenya. Due to the slave trade in the 18th century, the tree was introduced to the Caribbean islands where it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Angolensis
''Monodora angolensis'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zaire. Friedrich Welwitsch, the Austrian botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Angola where he found it growing near the town of Pungo-Andongo. Description It is a tree reaching 20 meters in height with grey to black, furrowed bark. Its mature branches are hairless and have lenticels. Its hairless, papery to leathery, oval to elliptical leaves are 4-20 by 2-7.5 centimeters. The tips of the leaves taper to a point and the bases are blunt or wedge-shaped. The leaves have 8-16 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its hairless petioles are 2-10 by 1 millimeters and have a groove on their upper surface. It has solitary flowers, positioned opposite from leaves, that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Undulata
''Monodora undulata'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Palisot de Beauvois the botanist and entomologist who first formally described the species using the basionym ''Xylopia undulata'', named it after the wavy (''undulātus'', in Latin) margins of its petals. Description It is a tree reaching 20 meters in height. Its mature leathery leaves are 10-40 by 8-13 centimeters and come to a point at their tips. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 5-10 millimeters long. Its pendulous flowers are solitary. Each flower is on a pedicel 30-55 millimeters long. Its flowers have 3 oval-shaped sepals that are 7-11 by 5-10 millimeters. The sepals are green and smooth on both sides with wavy margins and are arched backwards when mature. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are white with yello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Tenuifolia
''Monodora tenuifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to equatorial Africa. George Bentham, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its slender ( in Latin) leaves ( in Latin). Description It is a tree reaching 30 meters in height with dark grey to green bark. Its trunk and branches can have white lenticels. Its hairless, papery to leathery, elliptical to oval leaves are 6-21 by 2-7.5 centimeters. The tips of the leaves taper to a point, and the tapered portion is 5-10 millimeters long. The leaf bases wedge-shaped. The leaves are green on their upper surface and paler green on their lower surface. The leaves have 9-15 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its hairless petioles are 2-7 by 1-2 millimeters and have a groove on their upper surface. It has solitary flowers, positioned opposite from leaves, that hang down. Each flower is born on a light green, hairless pedicel that is 25-75 by 1-1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Grandidieri
''Monodora grandidieri '' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania. Henri Ernest Baillon, the French botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier who collected the specimen Baillon examined. It has been reported to be used as a traditional medicine by the Giriama and Digo people of Kenya. Description It is a tree reaching 12 meters in height. Its branches have lenticels. Its leaves are 20-24 by 1.5-8.2 centimeters and come to a point at their tips. Its petioles are 2-3 millimeters long. Its flowers are solitary and appear before young leaves. Each flower is on a thin, lightly hairy pedicel 2-5.7 centimeters long. Its flowers have 3 sepals that are 1-2 by 3-5.5 centimeters with wavy, densely hairy margins. The sepals curve backwards and are green or red with green veins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Crispata
''Monodora crispata'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Adolf Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its curled ( in Latin) petal margins. Description It is a tree reaching 20 meters in height with dark brown bark with lenticels. Its hairless, dark green, membranous to leathery, oval to elliptical leaves are 5-17 by 2.5-6 centimeters. The tips of the leaves taper to a point and the bases are rounded or pointed. The leaves have 9-13 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its petioles are 3-7 by 1-1.5 millimeters and have a groove on their upper surface. It has solitary flowers, positioned opposite from leaves, that hang down. Each flower is born on a hairless, dark green pedicel that is 20-50 by 0.9-0.7 millimeters. The pedicels have an upper, hairless, oval, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Hastipetala
''Monodora hastipetala'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its spear ( in Latin) shaped inner petals. Description It is a tree reaching 8 meters in height. Its branches have lenticels. Its papery leaves are 10-12 by 3-4 centimeters and come to a point at their tips. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 2 millimeters long. Its pendulous flowers are solitary and axillary. Each flower is on a pedicel 17-10 millimeters long. Its flowers have 3 smooth sepals that are 6-7 by 3-4 millimeters with rounded tips. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The white, narrow outer petals are 20-26 by 6-8 millimeters. The outer petals are smooth and wavy. The inner petals are white with purple highlights, have a 4-5 millimeter long claw at their base and a 10-17 by 4-7 millimeter wide blade. The inner petals are d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Globiflora
''Monodora globiflora'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Tanzania. Thomas Couvreur, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its inner petals that touch one another, but are not fused, and form a globe-shaped structure. Description It is a tree reaching 4 meters in height. Its branches have lenticels. Its papery leaves are 12-13 by 4-5 centimeters and come to a point at their tips. The leaves are smooth on their upper and lightly hairy on their lower surfaces. Its petioles are 8 millimeters long. Its pendulous flowers are solitary and axillary. Each flower is on a thin, lightly hairy pedicel 40-45 millimeters long. Its flowers have 3 sepals that are 8-10 by 6-8 millimeters long with densely hairy margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The smooth outer petals are light yellow with red highlights, or light green with dark green highlights, and curve slightly backwards. The outer petals are 28-32 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodora Laurentii
''Monodora laurentii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Émile De Wildeman, the Belgian botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Marcel Laurent, the Belgian botanist who collected many plant specimens in the regions along the Congo River. Description It is a tree reaching 4 meters in height. Its young and mature branches are hairless. Its hairless, papery to leathery, oval leaves are 12-14 by 3.5-4.5 centimeters. The tips of the leaves taper to a blunt tip, and the tapered portion is 15-20 millimeters long. The leaf bases are blunt to pointed. The leaves have 6-10 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its hairless petioles are 5-7 by 1-1.5 millimeters and have a groove on their upper surface. It has solitary flowers, positioned opposite from leaves, that hang down. Each flower is born on a hairless pedicel that 15-20 by 0.8 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |