Manilkara mochisia(Baker) Dubard

WFO wfo-0000235926 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Manilkara mochisia, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. a i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-01-10 / obs. 13383589
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team
fig. b Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63826059
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. c Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15146736
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. d rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 183101162
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. e rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 144184859
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. f Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15146732
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. g rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 144185108
Manilkara mochisia, photographed by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team
fig. h Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63826027

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Manilkara mochisia is native: Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCaprivi StripDR CongoEswatiniKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSomaliaTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Manilkara mochisia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Caprivi Strip CPV
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Kaukenia mochisia (Baker) Kuntze
  • Manilkara densiflora Dale
  • Manilkara densiflora var. paolii (Chiov.) Cufod.
  • Manilkara densiflora var. paolii Chiov.
  • Manilkara macaulayae (Hutch. & Corbishley) H.J.Lam
  • Manilkara menyhartii (Engl.) H.J.Lam
  • Manilkara spiculosa (Hutch. & Corbishley) H.J.Lam
  • Manilkara umbraculigera (Hutch. & Corbishley) H.J.Lam
  • Mimusops densiflora Engl.
  • Mimusops densiflora subsp. paolii Chiov.
  • Mimusops densiflora var. paolii Chiov.
  • Mimusops macaulayae Hutch. & Corbishley
  • Mimusops menyhartii Engl.
  • Mimusops mochisia Baker
  • Mimusops paolii (Chiov.) Chiov.
  • Mimusops spiculosa Hutch. & Corbishley
  • Mimusops umbraculigera Hutch. & Corbishley

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.