Breonadia

Matumi
Matumi in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Naucleeae
Genus: Breonadia
Ridsdale
Species:
B. salicina
Binomial name
Breonadia salicina
(Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood
IUCN distribution of Breonadia salicina (as of 2018)
Synonyms
  • Adina galpinii Oliv.
  • Adina lasiantha K.Schum.
  • Adina microcephala (Delile) Hiern
  • Adina spathellifera (Baker) Oliv.
  • Breonadia microcephala (Delile) Ridsdale
  • Cephalanthus coriaceus K.Schum.
  • Cephalanthus spathelliferus Baker
  • Nauclea microcephala Delile
  • Nauclea verticillata Baill.
  • Nerium salicinum Vahl

Breonadia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Colin Ernest Ridsdale in 1975. The genus contains only one species, viz. Breonadia salicina, which is found in tropical and southern Africa from Mali and Benin east to Ethiopia, south to South Africa, as well as Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Madagascar.

Breonadia salicina (Matumi, Afrikaans: Mingerhout, Sotho: Mohlomê, Venda: Mutu-lume, Zulu: Umfomfo) is a protected tree in South Africa.

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