Sapotaceae FAMILY
Mimusops andongensis
Mimusops andongensis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Mimusops andongensis is a shrub or a tree with a dense, strongly-branched crown; it can grow up to 20 metres tall. The bole is up to 100cm in diameter, but usually much less. All parts of the plant contain latex[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea Bissau to Cameroon and the Central African Republic, south to Angola and DR Congo.
HabitatForest and fringing forest along watercourses; in the transition zone between savannah and forest; in periodically flooded forest on heavy clay soils; wooded savannah or formerly cultivated land in the later stages of succession[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].