| Mimusops | |
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| Mimusops balata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Mimusops L. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mimusops is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[2][3]
Mimusops is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.[1][4][5]
There are about 57 species.[6]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 349
- ^ Tropicos, Mimusops L.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Allaby, Michael. 1998. A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. Oxford University Press, New York
- ^ Mimusops. Flora of Pakistan.