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Mimusops zeyheri
Also called Moepel Red Milkwood, Transvaal Red Milkwook, Transvaal Red Milkwood
Mimusops zeyheri is a medium-sized (up to 15m) evergreen tree belonging to the family Sapotaceae and widely distributed in rocky places from the east coast of southern Africa, inland and northwards to tropical Africa. It is commonly known as the moepel or Transvaal red milkwood. It is closely related to Mimusops obovata and M. afra, both of which are South African trees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimusops zeyheri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
