Sapotaceae FAMILY

Mimusops coriacea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mimusops coriacea is an evergreen shrub up to 6 metres tall when growing on dunes near the sea, but becoming a tree up to 20 metres tall in the littoral forests. The bole can be 30cm in diameter[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local consumption. The tree is often planted in tropical America, and in botanic gardens[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar, Comoros.

HabitatNear the sea on sand dunes, thickets on limestone and woodland on sands[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].