Endemic plant species of Mkingu Nature Reserve in Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

Mkingu Nature Reserve, in the South Nguru Mountains, is an area of dense mountain forest with dramatic viewpoints. Mkingu Nature Reserve is the largest forest remaining in the South Nguru Mountains. The forest is home to many plant and animal species including Black-and-white colobus monkeys, Mountain galagos and Black-and-rufous elephant-shrews. Some of the plants and animals that are found in Mkingu are unique to this forest never having been recorded elsewhere including 19 plant taxa. There are seven vertebrate species that are unique to the South Nguru Mountains. Between 2007 and 2013, six new amphibian species were recorded from the South Nguru Mountains. For bird watchers, the reserve offers a chance to see 215 bird species including a rare chance to see Moreau’s sunbird and Banded green sunbird. The South Nguru Landscape is the main water catchment area for the Wami River. This river provides water to Chalinze Town, the Mtibwa sugar plantation and many villages in Morogoro and Coast Region.

姆金古自然保护区（Mkingu Nature Reserve）坐落于南恩古鲁山脉（South Nguru Mountains），是一片拥有壮观观景视野的茂密山地林区。该保护区是南恩古鲁山脉现存面积最大的林区。这片林区栖息着众多动植物物种，涵盖黑白疣猴（Black-and-white colobus monkeys）、山地婴猴（Mountain galagos）与黑棕象鼩（Black-and-rufous elephant-shrews）等。姆金古自然保护区内的部分动植物为该林区所特有，此前从未在其他区域被记录到，其中包含19个植物类群（plant taxa）。南恩古鲁山脉特有7种脊椎动物物种。2007年至2013年间，科研人员在南恩古鲁山脉记录到6个两栖动物新物种。对于观鸟爱好者而言，该保护区提供了观测215种鸟类的机会，其中不乏观测莫罗太阳鸟（Moreau’s sunbird）与带纹绿花蜜鸟（Banded green sunbird）的珍稀契机。南恩古鲁区域是瓦米河（Wami River）的主要集水区，该河为查林泽镇、姆蒂布瓦糖料种植园以及莫罗戈罗和海岸地区的诸多村落提供水源。