Mazhar Botanic Garden

Mimusops caffra E. Mey. Ex A. A.Dc

Coastal red-milkwood

Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Mimusops
Species: caffra
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000333
English name: Coastal red-milkwood
Arabic name: ميموزوبس كافرا
Native: Eastern Africa- Mozambique, South africa
Country: Mozambique South Africa
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen tree to 10 -20 m high, 50 cm in diam leaves leathery,  obovate, retuse  flowers  creamy-white star-like, 10-20 mm in a diameter, on pedicels longer than petiole fruit ovoid 15-20 mm long , red or orange-red when ripe

Mimusops revoluta Hochst

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Texture: Sandy
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Zone: 10
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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