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Mimusops afra E.Mey. ex A.DC.

Sapotaceae · Mozambique, Cape Provinces +1

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Mimusops afra, photograph Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMimusops afra, photograph Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMimusops afra, photograph Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMimusops afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMimusops afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMimusops afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 8 photographs ›

Summary

Mimusops afra (coastal red milkwood, Afrikaans: Kusrooimelkhout, Xhosa: Umthunzi, Sepedi: Mmupudu, Zulu: Umkhakhayi) is a species of tree in family Sapotaceae. This tree is found in coastal dune vegetation in Southern Africa from the Eastern Cape, through KwaZulu-Natal to southern Mozambique.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Mimusops afra", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Mimusops

Mimusops is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Mimusops", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeMozambique, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal · introduced: Puerto Rico · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“tree” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3); JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Mimusops 6 in the reference

Mimusops balata Mimusops balata Mauritius milkberry Photo: CC BY, Flavien SaboureauMimusops coriacea Mimusops coriacea Mimusops Photo: CC BY, fmunozMimusops elengi Mimusops elengi Spanish cherry Photo: CC BY, Malaika Mathew ChawlaMimusops obovata Mimusops obovata Red-milkwood Photo: CC BY, Sunčana BradleyMimusops petiolaris Mimusops petiolaris Sapotaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, B.navezMimusops zeyheri Mimusops zeyheri Common Red-Milkwood Photo: CC BY, Stefan Wolmarans

Names & registers

Also known as Kaukenia afra; Mimusops revoluta. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Sapotaceae
Described by
E.Mey. ex A.DC.
Native to
Mozambique, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Mimusops afra E.Mey. ex A.DC. (plant_name_id 128411), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 787870-1, POWO 787870-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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