Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 223:45. 1911
Verified:
05/24/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
- Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 2008
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
- Ross, J. The flora of Natal. 1972
- Venter, H. J. T. et al. 2009. Morphology and taxonomy of Mondia (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae). S. African J. Bot. 75:460-463.
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
mondia – tonicroot – White's-ginger – French
la racine – Swahili
mbombongazi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Congo, Zaire
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24540.
Accessed 20 September 2024.