TAA i.3.2.21

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               Mimusops Schimperi Hochst. [Sapotaceae]. 

One species of Mimusops is known as the Bullet-tree, while M.  

Schimperi is regarded as being the Persea of ancient writers (Schw.  

3, Theo.). Some samples consist of the fruits of this species. 

          The fruits, which contain a sweet pulp, are offered for sale  

in the markets of Jemen (Schw. 3). 

          The tree is native in Abyssinia and Eritraea (Herb. Kew), and  

is not found at the present time in Egypt, but the seeds have been  

found in graves of different epochs, and Schweinfurth concludes  

that the fruits were to be had, at the time of the Middle Kingdom,  

everywhere in Egypt (Schw. 1 and 3). 

              nos. 205; 526, 573F, 616