Diospyros mespiliformis

Diospyros mespiliformis
Hochst. ex A.DC.

2n =

Origin : tropical Africa (except humid areas),
Yemen

wild and cultivated


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Uses summary

Description

arbre à Pretoria
(Afrique du Sud)
fruit vert coupé
1, male flower; 2, female flower; 3, part of fruiting branch. Redrawn and adapted by Iskak Syamsudin
tree
harvesting of bark
slash
female flowers
leaves and green fruits
fruits
fruits
fruits
fruits
wood in transverse section
wood in tangential section
wood in radial section

English:
- African ebony, wild African ebony, West African ebony, swamp ebony, Transvaal ebony, ebony diospyros, monkey guava, jackal berry (PROTA)
- jackal berry tree (Lost crops of Africa)
French: ébène d’Afrique, ebène de Mozambique, khaki de brousse (PROTA)
Portuguese: ébano africano (PROTA)
Swahili: mgiriti, mjoho, mgombe, msindi, mpweke, mkadi (PROTA)

Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. (1844)

wood: ebony. "The heartwood is pinkish grey to pinkish brown, darkening to dark brown upon exposure." (PROTA)
fruit edible
seeds edible
leaves: vegetable, fodder
tree: ornamental, windbreak
medicinals: root, bark, leaves, fruit
twig: toothbrush

National Research Council & National Academy of Sciences, 2008. Lost Crops of Africa: Fruits. National Academies Press. 380 p.