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Mimusops laurifolia

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Identification
Mimusops schimperi Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family SAPOTACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Mimusops laurifolia (Forssk.) Friis [family SAPOTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Binectaria laurifolia
  • Mimusops schimperi
  • Mimusops laurifolia

Flora

Entry for MIMUSOPS laurifolia (Forssk.) Friis [family SAPOTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MIMUSOPS laurifolia (Forssk.) Friis [family SAPOTACEAE], (1981);
Binectaria laurifolia Forssk. [family SAPOTACEAE], (1775). [type as above]
Mimusops schimperi A. Rich. [family SAPOTACEAE], (1850).
Information
Small or medium sized tree with rounded crown, usually up to c. 15 m tall, rarely to 25 m tall; milky latex usually present; young branchlets often forming spurs (short shoots), c. 2–3 cm long, with leaves usually densely clustered, but leaves sometimes also along normal long shoots. Leaves: petiole 3.5–5 cm long, usually about half the length of the blade; blade somewhat leathery, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 4–12 x 3–4 cm, bluntly cuneate at the base, acute or broadly acute at the apex. Flowers single or up to 4 in axillary clusters, on stiff erect or spreading, 10–15 mm long pedicels; flower-buds c. 5 x 3 mm, blunt. Sepals: outer c. 6 x 3 mm, with indumentum of rusty brown hairs and with a pale or white stripe along the margin, inner sepals slightly smaller. Corolla white or cream, c. 7 mm long, tube c. 4 mm long, lobes c. 3.5 mm long. Stamens: filaments c. 0.5 mm long; anthers c. 2 mm long. Staminodes c. 2 mm long. Ovary c. 1.5 mm in diam.; style c. 3 mm long. Fruit a berry, c. 3.5 x 2 cm. Seed c. 2 x 1.2 cm; testa pale to dark brown; scar circular, almost basal, pale.
Range
N1
Altitude range
980–1350 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4690.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Notes
Introduced in Uganda, Sudan and Egypt (where used in funeral rites in Pharonic times, see discussion by Friis in Kew Bull. 35: 785–792, 1981). A record of M. kummel A.DC. in northern Somalia by Hutchinson & Bruce in Kew Bull. 1941: 142 (1941) and in Cuf. Enum.: 665 (1960) was based on Gillett 4690 that is M. laurifolia.

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