- Family:
- Sapotaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Mimusops L.
Mimusops elengi L.

[FTEA]
Sapotaceae, J. H. Hemsley. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968
- Note
- A SE. Asian species, which is a good shade-tree with sweetly scented small white flowers, has been cultivated at Amani and various coastal and near-coastal places in East Africa.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Western Australia
Introduced into:
Cambodia, Cuba, Florida, Hawaii, Leeward Is., Mozambique, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is.
- Diospyros longipes Hiern
- Magnolia xerophila P.Parm.
- Imbricaria perroudii Montrouz.
- Kaukenia elengi (L.) Kuntze
- Kaukenia javensis (Burck) Kuntze
- Kaukenia timorensis (Burck) Kuntze
- Manilkara parvifolia (R.Br.) Dubard
- Mimusops erythroxylon Llanos ex Fern.-Vill.
- Mimusops javensis Burck
- Mimusops latericia Elmer
- Mimusops lucida Poir.
- Mimusops parvifolia R.Br.
- Mimusops timorensis Burck
- English
- Spanish Cherry
Mimusops elengi L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dec 1, 2013 | Cuming [2265] | K000871390 | No | ||
Jul 14, 2006 | Romero, E. M. [PPI 29286], Philippines | K000229590 | No | ||
Jul 14, 2006 | Romero, Majaducon et al. [PPI 38415], Philippines | K000229594 | No | ||
Jul 14, 2006 | Madulid, Barbon et al. [PPI 18522], Philippines | K000229595 | No | ||
Jul 14, 2006 | Romero [PPI 37571], Philippines | K000229597 | No | ||
Jul 14, 2006 | Fuentes, de la Rosa [PPI 38799], Philippines | K000229600 | No | ||
Jan 13, 1994 | Bennett, J.J. [s.n.], Australia | K000777702 | Yes | ||
Jan 13, 1994 | Bennett, J.J. [s.n.], Australia | K000777703 | Yes | ||
FRI [1812], Malaysia | 53056.000 | No | |||
Wheatley, J.I. [809], Vanuatu | 55077.000 | No | |||
Cheek [3005], Cameroon | 55404.000 | No | |||
Stocker [992], Australia | 59906.000 | No | |||
Parry, D.E. [21], Thailand | 7616.000 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4146], Myanmar | K001038250 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038246 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038245 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038247 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038244 | Yes | |||
Cheek, M. [3006], Cameroon | K000027928 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [13010], Philippines | K000777704 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038253 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038248 | Yes | |||
Cheek, M. [3005], Cameroon | K000027927 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4146], Myanmar | K001038249 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4146], Myanmar | K001132971 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4146], Myanmar | K001038251 | Yes | |||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 4146] | K001038252 | Yes | |||
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 4147], Malaysia | Mimusops lucida | K001038254 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 349 (1753)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013 Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Jessup, L.W. (2019). A taxonomic revision of Sapotaceae for mainland Australia Austrobaileya 10: 321-382.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Santisuk, T. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2014). Flora of Thailand 11(4): 499-666. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
- Wheatley, J.I. (1992). A guide to the common trees of Vanuatu. With lists of their traditional uses & ni-Vanuatu names: 1-308. Department of Forestry, Port Vila.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013 Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
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