Mesogyne

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Monographieen_afrikanischer_Pflanzen-Familien_und_-Gattungen_(9784776335).jpg

|status = NT

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority |date=2013 |title=Mesogyne insignis |volume=2013 |page=e.T35730A2860060 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T35730A2860060.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Mesogyne

| parent_authority = Engl. (1894)

| species = insignis

| authority = Engl. (1894)

| synonyms = Mesogyne henriquesii {{small|Engl. (1894)}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Mesogyne insignis Engl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:854545-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=22 April 2024|language=en}}

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Mesogyne insignis is a species of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. It is the sole species in genus Mesogyne.{{cite web |title=Mesogyne Engl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40887-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Byng |first1=James W. |title=The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world |date=16 October 2014 |publisher=Plant Gateway Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9929993-1-5 |language=en}} It is a tree native to the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea and to eastern Tanzania.

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