Mimusops afra(MMOCA)
Overview Code created in: 2019-09-05
- EPPO Code: MMOCA
- Preferred name: Mimusops afra
- Authority: E. Meyer ex de Candolle
South Africa to Mozambique
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Mimusops caffra | E. Meyer ex de Candolle |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| coastal red milkwood | English (ZA) |
| milkwood | English |
| kusrooimelkhout | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal asterids (
1ASTD )
Order
Ericales (
1ERIO )
Family
Sapotaceae (
1SATF )
Subfamily
Sapotoideae (
1SATS )
Genus
Mimusops (
1MMOG )
Species
Mimusops afra (
MMOCA )