Mimusops
(from mimo, an ape, and opsis, a face; so named on account of the form of the corolla). SYN. Synarrhena. ORD. Sapotaceoe. A genus comprising about thirty species of milky-juiced stove trees, or rarely shrubs, broadly dispersed over the tropical regions of the globe. Flowers fasciculate, in the axils, at the nodes, or at the apices of the branches; calyx segments six or eight; corolla lobes eighteen to twenty-four. Berry globose, edible. Leaves coriaceous. The two species here described are probably the only ones yet introduced. For culture, see Chrysophyllum.
M. dissecta (divided). A synonym of M. Kauki.
M. Elengi (Elengi). fl. white, drooping, fragrant; petals lanceolate, a little torn at the tips; pedicels many together. fr. ovate, with a slight groove on one side, dotted, yellow when ripe. l. oval-lanceolate or oblong, acuminated. h. 50ft. Deccan and Malay Peninsulas, 1796. (B. F. S. 40.) M. Kauki (Kauki). fl. white, fascicled. fr. oval, drooping. l. obovate, very blunt, silvery or hoary beneath, crowded at the ends of the branches. h. 30ft. Birma, Malaya, and tropical Australia, 1796. (B. M. 3157, under name of M. dissecta.)