Sideroxylon mirmulans

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SapotaceaeFruit
Sideroxylon mirmulans
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Sideroxylon mirmulans
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Cape Verde, Congo,

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 tropical fruit tree in the Sapotaceae family, sometimes cultivated for its fruit.

Other Information

It is sometimes cultivated as a fruit tree.

Names & Synonyms
Calvaria mirmulano (Sol. ex Lowe) DubardSideroxylon marmulana C. Sm. [Spelling variant]Sideroxylon marmulano Lowe [Spelling variant]Sideroxylon mirmulano Sol. ex Lowe
References (2)
  • Chevalier, 1952,
  • Mansfeld, (As Sideroxylon marmulana)

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