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Mondia whitei (Hook f.) Skeels
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- Common Name: Mondi, White's Ginger
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: tropical Africa
- Habitat:
- 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.
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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
- Accession Date: 07-11-2001
- Bench: 2108 - Platform SE - Cycads
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-01-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Periplocoideae
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