Mount Mimongo (locally known as Mt Songo), with an elevation of , is one of the higher mountains in the
Chaillu Mountain Range in
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...
. The summit is situated east of the small town of
Mimongo and within a few hours' walk from the village Dibandi. The region was first explored by
Paul Du Chaillu between 1855 and 1865.
Flora
''
Pararistolochia incisiloba'' (Jongkind) M.E. Leal (
Aristolochiaceae
The Aristolochiaceae () are a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with seven genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales. The type genus is ''Aristolochia'' L.
Description
They are mostly perennial, herb ...
) is a plant species
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Mt Mimongo and also the only location on mainland Africa where ''
Begonia thomeana'' C.DC. (
Begoniaceae) is found, previously endemic to
Sao Tome
SAO or Sao may refer to:
Places
* Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
* Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
* Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...
.
References
Britannica
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050730/http://carpe.umd.edu/Documents/2008/The_biodiversity_of_Bouvala_NV_Gabon_TStevart_MELeal_Jul2008.pdf
*http://www.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameid=50226646&tab=specimens
Mountains of Gabon
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