Monodora laurentii

Monodora laurentii is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Émile De Wildeman, the Belgian botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Marcel Laurent, the Belgian botanist who collected many plant specimens in the regions along the Congo River.
Description.
Its papery leaves are smooth on their upper and lower surfaces. Its petioles are 5-8 millimeters long. Its flowers are solitary and axillary. Each flower is on a pedicel 17-20 millimeters long. Its flowers have 3 sepals that are 4 by 12 millimeters. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The outer petals are 12 by 42 millimeters and arched. The inner petals are 10 by 13 millimeters. Its purple fruit are 8 by 2.2 centimeters with 5 lateral ribs. Each fruit has about 12 shiny brown seeds that are 12 millimeters long.
Reproductive biology.
The pollen of "M. laurentii" is shed as permanent tetrads.
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