Sapotaceae FAMILY

Mimusops zeyheri

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Fresh sawdust may cause sneezing[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Mimusops zeyheri ranges from an evergreen shrub branching near the ground and growing just 2 metres tall, to a tall tree with a wide, dense, rounded crown and a long clean bole, growing 23 metres tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of timber. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern and eastern Africa - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatCharacteristic of riparian woodland, found even on sandy, infertile alluvial soils, and termite mounds; occasionally also found in swamp forest, thickets and rocky hill slopes[ 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. , 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].