EPPO Global Database

Mimusops elengi(MMOEL)

Overview
Code created in: 2018-06-22

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MMOEL
  • Preferred name: Mimusops elengi
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Himalayas, India (including Andaman islands), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Thailand), Malesia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Planted as a garden and street tree, and used medicinally. Introduced in Africa (Mozambique), USA (Florida), Caribbean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Kaukenia elengi (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Mimusops javensis Burck
Mimusops latericia Elmer
Mimusops lucida Poiret
Mimusops parvifolia Brown
Mimusops timorensis Burck

Common names
Name Language
bullet wood English
medlar English
Spanish cherry English
tanjong tree English
élengi French
abricoteiro-do-Brasil Portuguese
bunga tanjong Indonesian