Mondia whitei (Hook f.) Skeels

• Common Name: Mondi, White's Ginger
• Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: tropical western Africa
• Habitat: woody twining lianes from a large tuberous root-stock; of dry forest

• Description: 3-6m vigorous climber, attractive heart-shaped leaves, panicles of yellow and reddish-purple fl Sp, med.

• Uses: Used medicinally by the Zulu's and to make a beverage similar to ginger-beer.

• Culture: Sow seed spring

• USDA Zone: 10

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Accession Data:

• Accession # 200100506
• Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico
• Provenance: Plant rcvd from Tim Devine, CSU-Chico, originally grown from seed - Zimbabwe, 1986 Index Seminum #168 20AUG2012 - Plant listed as endangered in South Africa Red List (http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2735-1), but genus is not even listed in IUCN Redlist.
• Accession Date: 07-11-2001
• Bench: 1109 - AFR:Congo Basin A
• Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-15-2013

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: euasterid I
• Order: Gentianales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Apocynaceae
• SubFamily: Periplocoideae
• Tribe: Periploceae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. Aluka Database Entry
2. PlantzAfrica

data regenerated on Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21:17 -0400