Sapotaceae FAMILY

Mimusops obovata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Red milkwood is an evergreen shrub or tree with slender, much-branched, very leafy twigs, growing up to 20 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 its timber and edible fruit, which are used locally. The timber is occasionally traded on the international market[ 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 Africa - Mozambique, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatGallery forest and remnant moist evergreen forest[ 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. ].