Description
scientific name: Mondia whitei (Hook.f.)
Mondia: The genus name, derived from the Zulu name “umondi” or “mundi”.
whitei: The specific epithet, honoring A.S. White.
(Hook. f.): Indicates the botanical authority who first described the plant, Joseph Hooker (f. stands for filius, or son, referring to his son, Joseph Dalton Hooker).
Skeels: Indicates the botanical authority who later formally named the plant in the genus Mondia.