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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Mendoncia mollis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mendoncia]]''
| species = '''''M. mollis'''''
| binomial = ''Mendoncia mollis''
| binomial_authority = [[Gustav Lindau|Lindau]] 
}}

'''''Mendoncia mollis''''' is a plant species in the family [[Acanthaceae]] (or according to some specialists in the family [[Mendonciaceae]]). 

It is a [[climber]] with opposite, entire ovate leaves somewhat hairy abaxially, which renders the species its [[epithet]]. 

The [[fruit]] is a [[drupe]], resembling a dark [[grape]]. The flowers are surrounded by two [[bract]]s.

The species' native habitat are the [[Cerrado]] of [[Brazil]], specially [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]. In addition this plant is in danger of extinction; accordingly, information which is provided to the State Government of  São Paulo in the report called Resolução SMA - 48, de 21-09-2004.

==See also==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]

==References==
* {{pt icon}} STATE GOVERNMENT of SÃO PAULO (2004) [http://www.cetesb.sp.gov.br/licenciamentoo/legislacao/estadual/resolucoes/2004_Res_SMA_48.pdf Resolução SMA - 48, de 21-09-2004]'''

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[[Category:Acanthaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Brazil]]