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Mimusops zeyheri

Sond. (1850)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Sapotaceae Genus: Mimusops

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Linnaea 23: 74 (1850)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Mimusops zeyheri Waimea Arboretum, acc. # 80s66. Originally received from National Botanic Garden, Salisbury, Zimbabwe, 5 Feb 1980. Collected from Vumba near Umtali, Sep 1979. Evergreen tree to 15 m tall with wide-spreading, rounded crown and glossy, dark green, simple leaves borne on long petioles. Young shoots and leaves covered with a layer of short reddish hair which is soon shed. Small white flowers are star-shaped and fragrant, round, and has a sweet, mealy, yellow flesh with a high vitamin C content. Usually eaten fresh, but is also crushed to obtain the juice which is taken either fresh or fermented. Birds, monkeys, baboons, bush pigs, and elephant all relish the berries. (Source: Vygie, vol. 6, no. 2, June 1985) Preserved_Specimen Orr, D. Oahu BISH 2011-04-22
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