Monodora grandidieri
Annonaceae FAMILY

Monodora grandidieri

Monodora grandidieri

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Monodora grandidieri varies in habit from a shrub growing 1.5 metres or more tall, to a small tree that can be up to 12 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. It is usually much-branched, and occasionally adopts a somewhat climbing habit[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The wood is used locally to make small items and as a fuel. The tree is suitable as an ornamental because of its sweet-scented flowers[ 364 Title Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. Publication Author Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D Website http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm Publisher Frontier Year 0 ISBN 1-873070-33-0 Description A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeEastern tropical Africa - Somalia, south to Zambia and Mozambique.
HabitatEvergreen forest, on coral, also rain-forest, evergreen thickets and bushland, Brachystegia, Julbernardia thickets, wooded grassland; at elevations from sea level to 900 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].