Diospyros revoluta

Diospyros revoluta Poir.

Order	Ericales
Family	Ebenaceae
Genus	Diospyros

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Origin : Caribbean area

wild

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Popular names

• English: black apple, black mast, black sapote (NWFD)
• French: barbacoa, barbaquois, bois d'ébéne, bois négresse, faux ébénier, sapote noir (NWFD)
• Portuguese: ébano, ébano das Antilhas (NWFD)
• Spanish:
  • ebeno agrio, guayabota, matasano de mico, zapote de mico, zapote negro, zapote prieto (NWFD)
  • guayabota, zapote negro (Fournet, 2002; Martorell et al., 1981)
• Guadeloupe-Martinique creole: barbakwa, bwa négrès (Fournet, 2002)

Classification

Diospyros revoluta Poir. (1804)

In NWFD and many other publications, erroneously called Diospyros ebenaster (auct. non Retz !) and confused with Diospyros digyna. It seems that this last species has never been introduced in the West Indies. Data should all be checked due to the confusion.

Uses

• fruit
• fish poison
• timber

'Le fruit est parfois consommé. Les graines et les racines sont utilisées comme enivrage pour la pêche. Bois gris foncé imputrescible.' (Fournet, 2002, for Guadeloupe-Martinique)

Links

• IPNI
• Prota4U