{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Pyrenacantha malvifolia00.jpg |image_caption = ''Pyrenacantha malvifolia'' |genus = Pyrenacantha |species = malvifolia |authority = Engl. |synonyms = {{species list |Pyrenacantha globosa|Engl. |Pyrenacantha ruspolii|Engl. |Trematosperma cordatum|Urb.}} |synonyms_ref =<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:608283-1 |title= Pyrenacantha malvifolia Engl. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name=COL>{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4QR8D |title= Pyrenacantha malvifolia Engl. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 1, 2023}}</ref> }}
'''Pyrenacantha malvifolia''', common name '''monkey chair''', is a rare species of flowering plants in the genus ''Pyrenacantha'' belonging to the family Icacinaceae.
==Description== ''Pyrenacantha malvifolia'' has an above ground swollen and thickened caudex with a diameter up to {{convert|1.5|m}}. On the top of the caudex emerge some vine-like stems with green round shaped leaves. These vines in native habitat can reach {{convert|9|-|15|m}}. Flower are green and quite inconspicuous.
==Distribution== This species can be found in central and eastern Africa, in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
==Habitat== This plant grows in the African tropical semi-desert (usually on hillsides).
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://unibio.unam.mx/irekani/handle/123456789/4196?proyecto=Irekani Image of caudex] *[https://archive.today/20130210011457/http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Pyrenacantha_malvifolia/ Zipcodezoo] *[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=608283-1 The International Plant Names Index] *[http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/pyr-mal-sub.asp Bihrmann]
{{Taxonbar|from=Q7263428}}
malvifolia Category:Taxa named by Adolf Engler
{{asterid-stub}}