# Autranella
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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1920) (19819251813).jpg
|status = EN
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = [{{cite iucn |author=Hills, R. |date=2021 |title=''Autranella congolensis'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T33038A67808537 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T33038A67808537.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}]
|display_parents = 2
|genus = Autranella
|parent_authority = [A.Chev.](/source/Auguste_Chevalier)[{{cite POWO | title = ''Autranella'' | id = 36661-1 | access-date = 21 December 2023}}]
|species = congolensis
|authority = ([De Wild.](/source/%C3%89mile_Auguste_Joseph_De_Wildeman)) A.Chev.[
|synonyms_ref = ][
|synonyms =
'''Genus'''
*''Ambianella'' Willis
'''Species'''
*''Mimusops congolensis'' De Wild.
*''Mimusops boonei'' De Wild.
*''Mimusops letestui'' Lecomte
*''Autranella boonei'' (De Wild.) A.Chev.
*''Autranella letestui'' (Lecomte) A.Chev.
}}
'''''Autranella''''' is a genus of plant in family [Sapotaceae](/source/Sapotaceae) described as a genus in 1917.][Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 268, 271][[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023187 Tropicos, ''Autranella'' A.Chev.]]
== Species and distribution ==
This genus contains only one recognized species, '''''Autranella congolensis''''' (also known as mukulungu), native to west-central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, [Cabinda](/source/Cabinda_Province), and Democratic Republic of the Congo).