Monotes carrissoanus H.H.Bancr.

8. Monotes carrissoanus H.H.Bancr. View in CoL

Monotes carrissoanus H.H.Bancr. (1939b) 110. — Type: Exell & Mendonça 1788 (holo BM, seen in JSTOR; iso COI), Angola, Moxico, between Caxi- poque and Munhango , 7 May 1937.

Tree 10–15 m tall. Leaves 6 –9 by 3– 5 cm, elliptic, rounded to obtuse at the apex, rounded to acute at the base, often mucronate; upper surface with simple and glandular hairs, more abundant in the midrib and lateral nerves; lower surface covered with a short indumentum of curled hairs, covering but not masking the reticulation, with 10–13 pairs of lateral nerves; petioles 2– 3 cm long, canaliculate. Flowers not seen. Fruits subglobose 0.8–1 cm diam; wings 2.5–3.5 by 0.5–1 cm, narrowly lanceolate.

Ecology — In dry forest; altitude 1200–1500 m.

Distribution — Endemic to the north-east of Angola. – MO: Exell & Mendonça 1788 (COI); Gossweiler 11311 (BM, COI).

Conservation status — The species is known only from two collections made during the same expedition and no other collections events are known for that locality. It should be considered as Data Deficient with insufficient information (DD 3).

Note — This is a poorly known species, from which only the specimens cited in the protologue are known. However, these specimens are in a good condition and no further material was observed that matched the species description and the type material.