Mimusops
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Mimusops is a genus of plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 in family Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera . Distribution is pantropical....

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Species include:
  • Mimusops acutifolia
    Mimusops acutifolia
    Mimusops acutifolia is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

    , Mildbr.
  • Mimusops angel
    Mimusops angel
    |Mimusops angel is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Somalia, and is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Thulin, M. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

    , Chiov.
    Emilio Chiovenda
    Emilio Chiovenda was an Italian botanist.He collected in Italy, Eritrea and Ethiopia, especially the he Ruwenzori Mountains, from 1893 to 1909....

  • Mimusops commersonii
  • Mimusops caffra
    Mimusops caffra
    Mimusops caffra is a species of tree in family Sapotaceae. This tree is commonly known as the Coastal Red Milkwood and is found in coastal dune vegetation from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to southern Mozambique.-Description:...

  • Mimusops elengi
    Mimusops elengi
    Mimusops elengi is a medium-sized evergreen tree found in tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northern Australia. English common names include Spanish cherry,, Medlar, and Bullet wood...

  • Mimusops heckelii - African Cherry, Baku, Douka, Makore, Ukola
  • Mimusops obovata
  • Mimusops penduliflora
    Mimusops penduliflora
    Mimusops penduliflora is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

    , Engl.
  • Mimusops riparia
    Mimusops riparia
    Mimusops riparia is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

    , Engl.
  • Mimusops sechellarum
    Mimusops sechellarum
    Mimusops sechellarum is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Seychelles.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

    , (Oliv.) Hemsl.
  • Mimusops zeyheri
    Mimusops zeyheri
    Mimusops zeyheri is a medium-sized evergreen tree belonging to the Sapotaceae family and widely distributed in rocky places from the east coast of southern Africa, inland and northwards to tropical Africa. Commonly known as milkwood or Transvaal Red Milkwood, its leaves are leathery and entire....

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