Monotes rubriglans H.H.Bancr.
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Felipe |
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Monotes rubriglans H.H.Bancr. |
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23. Monotes rubriglans H.H.Bancr. View in CoL
Monotes rubriglans H.H.Bancr. (1937) 138. — Type: Bonnefoux & Villain 57 (holo P, seen in JSTOR; iso BM), Angola, Huila, s.d.
Tree up to 7 m tall. Leaves 10–15 by 5 –8 cm, elliptical or obovate, emarginate at the apex, rounded to slightly cordiform at the base; upper surface glabrescent, except for the midrib, with simple hairs and glands; lower surface with the interreticular areoles glabrous and the nerves with sparse, simple hairs and numerous glandulous hairs, basal gland small, rounded, redcoloured; 12–14 pairs of lateral nerves; petiole 1.1–2 cm long. Inflorescences not seen. Fruits globose c. 1 cm diam; wings narrowly elliptical, 3 –4.5 by 1–1.5 cm.
Ecology — In xerophilous woodland, savanna woodland and river banks.
Distribution — Endemic to southern and central Angola. – HI: Bonnefoux & Villain 57 (P). – LS: Exell & Mendonça 288, 326 (COI, LISC). – MA: Barbosa 11352 (LISC).
Conservation status — This species is known from four collections and four different localities. Monotes rubriglans is rare and it should be considered as vulnerable by having a very small and restricted population (VU D2).
Vernacular name — muleletua (chokwe, Exell & Mendonça 288).
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