Monodora Grandidieri

Family: Annonaceae
GIR: Mudzala simba/Mucherere/Muvipo/Mubulushi

Shrub or small tree. Sweet scented flowers. Fruit is green with white marks to 7cm long.

Habitat: Evergreen forest, on coral, also rain-forest, evergreen thickets and bushland, Brachystegia, Julbernardia
thickets, wooded grassland; at elevations from sea level to 900 metres.

The fruit is edible. The leaves and roots are used to treat spiritual ailments.

Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery