Monodora grandidieri

Monodora grandidieri belongs to the Annonaceae family and is found in several East African countries, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania. The species was formally described in 1868 by the French botanist Henri Ernest Baill., who named it after the French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier, who collected the specimen used for its description. In Kenya, the plant is utilized in traditional medicine by the Giriama and Digo communities.