Mimusops zeyheriSond.

WFO wfo-0000244755 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Innes Buchner
fig. a Innes Buchner, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-06 / obs. 168224597
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165377596
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. c Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162843924
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. d Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162843850
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. e Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162930732
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. f Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162931962
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140724753
Mimusops zeyheri, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140485969

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Mimusops zeyheri is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCaprivi StripDR CongoEswatiniKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Mimusops zeyheri, 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
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
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 5 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.

  • Mimusops affinis De Wild.
  • Mimusops blantyreana Engl.
  • Mimusops decorifolia S.Moore
  • Mimusops monroi S.Moore
  • Mimusops zeyheri var. laurifolia Engl.

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.

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