Monodora stenopetala is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Malawi and Mozambique.[3] Daniel Oliver, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its narrow (Latinized form of Greek στενος, stenos)[4] petals.
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| Botanical illustration of a Monodora stenopetala flower and floral parts.[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Monodora |
| Species: | M. stenopetala
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodora stenopetala | |
Description
editIt is a bush or small tree. Its leaves are 8.5–11 by 3–4.2 centimeters and rounded at their tips. The leaves are lightly hairy on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 3–4 millimeters long. Its solitary flowers are extra-axillary. Each flower is on a pedicel 1-1.6 centimeters long. Its flowers have 3 oblong sepals that are 4–5 millimeters long. The sepals are smooth, curved backwards, and have wavy or fringed margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are yellow, 3.5–5 by 0.2–0.4 centimeters, and smooth or lightly hairy. The inner petals are similarly colored. The inner petals have a 0.3–0.7 centimeter long claw at their base and a 0.2–0.4 by 0.35–0.5 centimeter blade. The inner petals are smooth on their outer surface, and hairy inside. Its stamens that are 0.35 millimeters long. Its fruit are 6 by 4 centimeters smooth ellipsoids. Its smooth yellow-brown seeds are 1.5–2 centimeters long.[5][6]
Reproductive biology
editThe pollen of M. stenopetala is shed as permanent tetrads.[7]
Habitat and distribution
editIt has been observed growing in dense thickets and woodslands at elevations from 100 to 500 meters.[8]
Uses
editIt has been reported to be used in Mozambique as a traditional medicine.[9]
References
edit- ^ Diels, Ludwig; Engler, Adolf; Gilg, Ernst; Schumann, K. (1901). Monographieen afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und -Gattungen [Monographs of African Plant Families and Genera] (in German and Latin). Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
- ^ Cosiaux, A.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Erkens, R.H.J. (2019). "Monodora stenopetala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T132683658A133046265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T132683658A133046265.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Monodora stenopetala Oliv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
- ^ Oliver, Daniel (1868). Flora of Tropical Africa. London: L. Reeve and Co. p. 39.
- ^ Robson, N.K.B. (1960). "Annonaceae". In Exell, A.W.; Wild, H. (eds.). Flora Zambesiaca. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Botermans, Marleen; van Heuven, Bertie Joan; van der Ham, Raymond W. J. M. (2008). "Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera". Grana. 47 (3): 185–210. doi:10.1080/00173130802256913. ISSN 0017-3134.
- ^ Couvreur, Thomas L. P. (2009). "Monograph of the Syncarpous African Genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 87: 1–150.
- ^ Sitoe, Eunezia (2020). Medicinal Ethnobotany of Mozambique: A Review and Analysis (MSc). University of Johannesburg. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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