Artabotrys monteiroae Oliv.

Liane, shrub or small tree l.5–6(–12) m. long or tall; young branchlets sparsely adpressed ferruginous pubescent, soon glabrous, dark blackish-purple, ridged.. Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong to ovate or rarely elliptic-lanceolate, 2–16.3 cm. long, 1–6.7 cm. wide, rounded, obtuse or shortly acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, ± coriaceous, shining and glabrous above, sparsely pubescent beneath or at least with some hairs on the midrib, mostly prominently reticulate on both surfaces; petioles 2–7 mm. long, pubescent.. Flowers 1–9 or rarely numerous, with the inflorescences forming dense clusters 3 cm. wide; primary peduncles usually hooked, pubescent or glabrous; secondary peduncles very short; pedicels 1–5 mm. long, adpressed pubescent; bracts persistent.. Sepals triangular-ovate, 1.5–2.5 mm. long and wide, acute, free or somewhat united at the base, sparsely adpressed pubescent outside, glabrous inside.. Petals greenish, cream or yellow, sometimes reddish inside basal thickened area, subulate or narrowly linear above, widened and concave at the base, 0.4–1.2 cm. long, 2.5–3 mm. wide, thick, subequal, erect or ascending, obtuse, densely ± adpressed ferruginous pubescent.. Stamens cuneiform, ± 1 mm. long; connective-prolongation truncate.. Carpels 8–11; ovary narrowly ovoid, compressed, ± 2 mm. long, glabrous; styles spathulate, 0.7 mm. long, papillose.. Fruiting pedicels 2–5 mm. long; monocarps 1–4, red, sessile, oblong-ellipsoid, 0.9–1.6 cm. long, 5–9(–ll) mm. wide, rounded at the apex, 1–2-seeded, glabrous, glossy but finely rugose.. Seeds chestnut, ellipsoid but sometimes plano-convex, 0.8–1.4 cm. long, 5–7 mm. wide, 5–6 mm. thick, shining.. Fig. 14.

It is a tropical plant. It is mostly in mid altitudes and mountain regions. It grows in rainforest. It suits humid locations. In Malawi it grows between 600-2,200 m altitude.