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Mimusops balata
Also called Mimusops
Mimusops balata is a tropical evergreen tree from Mauritius and Réunion in the Sapotaceae family, grown mainly for shade, timber and fruit rather than as a houseplant. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and is rarely cultivated outside the tropics.
Mimusops balata is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Mauritius and Réunion.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
