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Genus: Monadenium
Life
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae
About 50
species, native to Africa, with four species
native to southern Africa.
In addition, Monadenium coccineum, native to Tanzania, is cultivated
in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Monadenium crenatum
Recorded from Mozambique.
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Monadenium kimberleyana
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Monadenium lugardiae
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Monadenium spinulosum
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Monadenium coccineum
Native to Tanzania.
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