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Sapotaceae

Spanish cherry

Mimusops elengi L.

Family
Sapotaceae
Genus
Mimusops

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Spanish cherry (Mimusops elengi)
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (34)
ace
Keupula canggè
Arabic
قشدة هندي
arz
قشده هندى
Assamese
বকুল
ban
Wilaja
Bangla
বকুল
Burmese
ခရေပင်
Cantonese
伊朗紫硬膠
Chinese
香榄, 香欖, 牛油果(牛油果屬), 帝汶香榄
Divehi
މޫނިމާ
English
Spanish cherry, Mamajen, Red condoo, Bullet wood, Medlar
Finnish
Intianbaulapuu
Gujarati
બકુલ, બોરસલી
Hindi
बकुल
Indonesian
Tanjung, Pohon Tanjung
Japanese
ミサキノハナ
Kannada
ರಂಜ, ಕಂಜ, ಪಗಡೆಮರ, ರೆಂಜೆ
lah
مولسری
mad
Tanjhung
Malay
Bunga Tanjung, Pokok Bunga Tanjung
Malayalam
ഇലഞ്ഞി, Bullet wood, Ilanji, Mimosopus Elenji, എരണി, എരിഞ്ഞി, എരിഞ്ഞി പൂവ്, എരിഞ്ഞിപ്പൂ
Marathi
बकुळ
Nepali
बकुल
Odia
ବଉଳ, ବକୁଳ
Punjabi
ਮੌਲਸਰੀ
sat
ᱯᱤᱛᱟᱹᱡᱽ
shn
တူၼ်ႈၶႅတ်ႉလႃး, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇၶႅတ်ႉလႃး, ၶႅတ်ႉလႃး
Sinhala
මූණමල්
Sundanese
Tangkal Tanjung
Tamil
வகுளம், இலஞ்சி, மகிழம், மகிழ்
tcy
ರೆಂಜೆ, ಕಂಜ, ಪಗಡೆಮರ, ರಂಜ
Telugu
మగిళిమర్రి, స్పానిష్ చెర్రీ
Thai
พิกุล
Vietnamese
Sến xanh

Synonyms

  • Diospyros longipes Hiern
  • Imbricaria perroudii Montrouz.
  • Kaukenia elengi (L.) Kuntze
  • Kaukenia javensis Kuntze
  • Kaukenia timorensis Kuntze
  • Magnolia xerophila P.Parm.
  • Manilkara parvifolia (R.Br.) Dubard
  • Mimusops elengi f. longepedunculata (Bruck) H.J.Lam
  • Mimusops elengi var. longepedunculata Bruck
  • Mimusops elengi var. parvifolia (R.Br.) H.J.Lam
  • Mimusops erythroxylon Llanos ex Fern.-Vill.
  • Mimusops javensis Burck
  • Mimusops latericia Elmer
  • Mimusops lucida Poir.
  • Mimusops parvifolia R.Br.
  • Mimusops timorensis Burck

Flowers

In flower
March to May, August to September, December (from 56 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.