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[[File:Aerangis_fuscata.jpg|thumb|Aerangis fuscata]]

'''Common Name:''' The Brownish Aerangis<br />
'''Scented:''' yes<br />
'''Light Requirements:''' partial shade<br />
'''Temperature Requirements:''' intermediate to hot<br />
'''Blooms:''' summer<br />
'''Flower Size:''' 2.5cm to 3.75cm<br />
'''Synonyms:''' ''Aerangis monantha'' Schltr.1925; ''Aerangis umbonata'' (Finet) Schltr. 1915; ''*Angraecum fuscatum'' Rchb. f. 1882; ''Rhaphidorhynchus umbonatus'' Finet 1907

Found in Madagascar at elevations of sea-level to 2350m as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte occurring on twigs and smaller branches of bushes and trees with a short stem carrying 4 to 5, fleshy, elliptic or obovate, dark, glossy green leaves that bloom on a pendant, to 20cm long inflorescence with a few to many, fragrant flowers occurring in the summer.

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-18.766947, 46.869107, Madagascar
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