Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 129.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 133.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 131.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 413.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 410.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 411.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 412.jpg
Monodora myristica--Ghana. Kakum Nat. Park, 12 Dec 03. 121.jpg
Native to Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ghana, Central
5.416667, -1.316667
Location Remarks
Kakum National Park, reached via Jukwa Rd., 33 km north of Cape Coast. Moist evergreen rainforest.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Magnoliales
Family
Annonaceae
Genus
Monodora
Specific Epithet
myristica
Authorship
(Gaertn.) Dunal
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#216,769 of 335,497
Top 65%
Extinction probability
6%
