Mimusops zeyheri Sond.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Victoria Falls NP

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Within the Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

Photo: Bart Wursten
Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

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Synonyms:	Mimusops decorifolia S. Moore Mimusops monroi S. Moore
Common names:	Muchechete (Shona) Muchirinje (Shona) Mukaurura (Shona) Mutunzi (Shona) Red milkwood (English) Svanzwa (Shona) Umbumbulu (Ndebele)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Small to medium-sized tree. Leaves elliptic to obovate, mostly spiralled at the ends of branches, leathery, dark green above, paler below. Young leaves and twigs covered in rusty-brown velvety hairs. Flowers in few-flowered axillary clusters, creamy white, the sepals covered in brownish hairs. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, bright orange when ripe.
Notes:	There are 4 large specimens of this species within the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe; see image 4-8 above.
Derivation of specific name:	zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist
Habitat:	On wooded rocky hillsides, in riverine thickets and along margins of forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	740 - 1470 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Tanzania, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	ST
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Saturday 14 July 2012
Literature:	Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 880. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 180 - 181. (Includes a picture). Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 294 - 295. (Includes a picture). Hemsley, J.H. (1968). Sapotaceae FTEA Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 56. Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Sapotaceae FZ 7(1) Pages 238 - 239. Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 77. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 508 - 509. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 84 - 85. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 98 - 99. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 542 - 543.

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