Mimusops riparia
Engl.
Mgama
SapotaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests along rivers.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are wedge shaped at the base and tape to the tip. The flowers are cream and in clusters in the axils of leaves. They have a scent. The fruit are almost round and yellow to red. The fruit are 3.5 cm across.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Mimusops riparia is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
Names & Synonyms
Mimusops dependens Engl.Mimusops useguhensis Engl.
References (2)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 183
