| Afromorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Afromorus E.M.Gardner |
| Species: | A. mesozygia
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| Binomial name | |
| Afromorus mesozygia (Stapf) E.M.Gardner 2021
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Afromorus mesozygia, known as black mulberry or African mulberry, is the only species in the genus Afromorus. The plant is a small- to medium-sized forest tree of Tropical Africa. Its leaves and fruit provide food for the mantled guereza, a colobus monkey native to much of Tropical Africa,[1] and for the common chimpanzee of West and Central Africa. It is also a commercial hardwood.
The trees can be found in Ngogo in Kibale National Park in Uganda, where they are a food source for chimpanzees.[2]
- ^ Fashing, Peter J. (2001). "Feeding Ecology of Guerezas in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya: The Importance of Moraceae Fruit in Their Diet". International Journal of Primatology. 22 (4): 579–609. doi:10.1023/A:1010737601922. S2CID 22693241.
- ^ Roach, John (2017-09-29). "Chimp Gangs Kill to Expand Territory". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2022-05-15.