Mimusops afra E. Mey. ex A. DC.

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Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Bazaruto Island

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Photo: Bart Wursten
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Synonyms:	Mimusops revoluta Hochst.
Common names:	Coastal red-milkwood (English)
Description:	Evergreen shrub or small tree to 15 m. Leaves strongly leathery; lamina 3-9 × 1.5-4.5 cm, obovate, blue-green and hairless above, discolorous, slightly pubescent beneath; base acute; apex rounded, often slightly emarginate; margin thickened, sightly rolled under. Flowers white, borne in clusters of up to 8 in leaf axils. Calyx brownish-pubescent. Corolla: tube c. 1.5 mm; median segments lanceolate; lateral segments of corolla each divided to the base into 2 narrowly triangular laciniae. Fruit ovoid, up to 2.5 cm long, orange-red when ripe; fruiting calyx not reflexed.
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Flowering time:	Sep - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape)
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 740. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Sapotaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 235 - 237. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29.

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