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! colspan="2" style="background: #e8e8e8;" | ''Mimusops somalensis''
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! Scientific name
| ''Mimusops somalensis'' [[#cite_note-1|[1]]]
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! Genus
| [[Mimusops]] [[#cite_note-1|[1]]]
|-
! Family
| [[Sapotaceae]] [[#cite_note-1|[1]]]
|-
! Order
| [[Ericales]] [[#cite_note-1|[1]]]
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! Habit
| Tree, reported to 20 m [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]
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! Native range
| Southern Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]
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! Fruit
| Yellow; up to 17 mm in diameter [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]
|}

'''Mimusops somalensis''' is an accepted species of Sapotaceae. It is a tree reported from coastal woodland in southern Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania at elevations of 150–300 m. Its fruit is gathered for local consumption and eaten raw. [[#cite_note-1|[1]]] [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Description ==

The species is reported as a tree reaching up to 20 m. The documented setting is coastal woodland at 150–300 m in southern Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

The species' taxonomic history includes I. Friis's 1985 paper, ''The Identity of E. Chiovenda's Somalian Sapotaceae'', published in ''Kew Bulletin''. [[#cite_note-3|[3]]]

== Cultivation ==

=== Soil and water ===

The recorded habitat is coastal woodland at 150–300 m. A habitat-based cultivation inference is to begin with a freely draining root zone that can receive regular moisture without remaining saturated. This is a starting point for trial establishment, not a tested irrigation schedule. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

=== Sun and humidity ===

The coastal-woodland origin supports a warm, sheltered starting position with protection from cold and harsh drying exposure. Light and humidity requirements beyond that habitat setting are unquantified. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

=== Seasonal changes ===

The species is recorded from a warm coastal-woodland environment. Cultivation should follow the local wet/dry and cool/warm cycle: avoid keeping the root zone saturated during wet periods, and protect the plant from cold conditions during the cool season. These are habitat-based starting inferences rather than species-specific tolerance limits. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Propagation ==

Seed is listed as the propagation method for the species. No fixed germination treatment, storage period, or emergence time should be assumed from that record alone. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

Bees are listed in connection with pollination. The fruit is described as yellow and up to 17 mm in diameter; it is gathered from the wild for local consumption. A fruiting calendar and harvest-maturity markers are not quantified. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Fruit and uses ==

The fruit is reported to be eaten raw and gathered from wild trees for local consumption. That account-level food-use record does not establish broader food-safety or processing guidance. [[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== References ==

* [[#cite_ref-1|↑]] '''[1]''' [https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/2883817 GBIF Species API: Mimusops somalensis].

* [[#cite_ref-2|↑]] '''[2]''' [https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mimusops+somalensis Mimusops somalensis - Useful Tropical Plants].

* [[#cite_ref-3|↑]] '''[3]''' [https://api.crossref.org/works/10.2307/4108266 I. Friis, ''The Identity of E. Chiovenda's Somalian Sapotaceae'', ''Kew Bulletin'' (1985), DOI 10.2307/4108266].

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