|
Genus: Artabotrys
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> magnoliids > Order: Magnoliales > Family: Annonaceae
About 100 species, native to the tropics and
subtropics of the Old World. Two species are native to southern
Africa and a further species 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.
|
Artabotrys brachypetalus
(Large hook-berry, Purple hook-berry)
Native distribution includes Central
African Republic, DRC, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa (Limpopo).
|
 |
|
Artabotrys monteiroae |
|
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Artabotrys hexapetalus
(Manoranjitham, Yakada-wel)
Native to Indian and Sri Lanka. |
|
Publications
|
