Mimusops elengi L. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Mimusops

Family:

Sapotaceae

Subfamily:

Sapotoideae

Tribe:

Sapoteae

Nomen number:

24452

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:349. 1753

Typification:

Verified:

11/17/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:42.
Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: cultivated

Common names

English
medlar –
Spanish-cherry –
Tanjongtree –
French
marouc –
ravalli –
Swedish
elengiträd –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		s.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia		Malaya
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland	n.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia	n.
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Vanuatu
2	Cultivated					also cult. in tropics
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere in tropics

Native
Asia-Tropical

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.)]

Pacific

Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in tropics)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:42.
Environmental	shade/shelter		Pennington, T. D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52:42.
Materials	wood	timber	Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.