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Mimusops caffra

Common names: coast red milkwood (Eng.); kusrooimelkboom, moepel (Afr.); umhayihayi amasethole-abomvu, umthunzi, umnweba waselwandle, umnole, umagayi, umkhakhayi (Z

Family: Sapotaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden August 2006 Mimusops caffra is a small to medium-sized tree up to 15 m ... also eat the fruit. Monkeys in particular spread the seed. Mimusops Mimusops caffra is grown from seed. The best time to sow seed ...

28 / 08 / 2006 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Mimusops obovata with fruits. Image Geoff Nichols

Common names: red milkwood (Eng.); rooimelkhout (Afr.); amaSethole-ehlathi, umNolwe, umPhumbulu, (isiZulu); umTunzi wehlathi (isiXhosa)

Family: Sapotaceae

... Sifiso Mnxati KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium December 2013 Mimusops obovata is a medium to large evergreen tree, up to ... red when ripe. Fruiting time is from October to February. Mimusops is a small genus of about 40 species. Approximately ... four of them occurring in and confined to South Africa. Mimusops obovata occurs from the lower regions of eastern ...

02 / 12 / 2013 | Sifiso Mnxati | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Common names: Transvaal red milkwood (Eng.); moepel (Afr.); mmupudu (Northern Sotho); umpushane (Zulu); nhlantswa (Tsonga); mubululu (Venda)

Family: Sapotaceae

... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden June 2005 Mimusops zeyheri is potentially a large, evergreen tree with ... and carry it some distance for effective seed dispersal. Mimusops The Transvaal red milkwood is easily cultivated and ... this species will not survive any extreme degree of frost. Mimusops zeyherii is not prone to disease, but may attract ...

06 / 06 / 2005 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

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Mimusops caffra

Mimusops obovata

Mimusops zeyheri