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== Description ==
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File:Diospyros mespiliformis, habitus, Jan Celliers Park.jpg|arbre à Pretoria<br>(Afrique du Sud)
File:Diospyros mespiliformis, gebreekte vrug, a, Jan Celliers Park.jpg|fruit vert coupé
File:Linedrawing Diospyros mespiliformis.gif|1, male flower; 2, female flower; 3, part of fruiting branch. Redrawn and adapted by Iskak Syamsudin
File:Diospyros mespiliformis 2  P POILECOT.jpg|tree
File:Diospyros mespiliformis récolte écorce médicinale Côte d'Ivoire D LOUPPE.jpg|harvesting of bark
File:Diospyros mespiliformis Ecorce 01 P POILECOT.jpg|slash
File:Diospyros mespiliformis fleurs femelles 01 M ARBONNIER.jpg|female flowers
File:Diospyros mespiliformis feuilles fruits  P POILECOT.jpg|leaves and green fruits
File:diospyros mespiliformis fruits D LOUPPE.jpg|fruits
File:Diospyros mespiliformis Ekpe 1.jpg|fruits
File:Diospyros mespiliformis DSCN3871.jpg|fruits
File:Diospyros mespiliformis fruits TIQUET.jpg|fruits
File:Diospyros mespiliformis xs F. Lens.jpg|wood in transverse section
File:Diospyros mespiliformis tls F. Lens.jpg|wood in tangential section
File:Diospyros mespiliformis rls F. Lens.jpg|wood in radial section
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== Popular names ==
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*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)
 
|}
 
== Classification ==
''Diospyros mespiliformis'' Hochst. ex A.DC. (1844)
 
== Cultivars ==
 
== History ==
 
== Uses ==
*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


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


== Links ==
*[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:46:720107831693370::NO::module,mf_use,source,akzanz,rehm,akzname,taxid:mf,,botnam,0,,Diospyros%20mespiliformis,18459 Mansfeld]
*[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Diospyros+mespiliformis&amp;output_format=normal&amp;query_type=by_query&amp;back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI]
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Diospyros%20mespiliformis GRIN]
*[[Diospyros mespiliformis (PROTA)|PROTA on Pl@ntUse]]


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*English: African ebony, wild African ebony, West African ebony, swamp ebony, Transvaal ebony, ebony diospyros, monkey guava, jackal berry (PROTA)
*French: ébène d’Afrique, ebène de Mozambique, khaki de brousse (PROTA)
*Portuguese: ébano africano (PROTA)
*Swahili: mgiriti, mjoho, mgombe, msindi, mpweke, mkadi (PROTA)
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[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:46:720107831693370::NO::module,mf_use,source,akzanz,rehm,akzname,taxid:mf,,botnam,0,,Diospyros%20mespiliformis,18459 link to Mansfeld page ]


[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Diospyros+mespiliformis&amp;output_format=normal&amp;query_type=by_query&amp;back_page=query_ipni.html link to IPNI page ]
[[Category:Diospyros]]
[[Category:Species]]
 
[[Category:Seed plant]]
 
[[Category:Tropical vegetable, minor]]
 
[[Category:Tropical fruit, minor]]


[[Category:Ornamental tree]]


[[Category:Tropical timber, major]]


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[[Category:Auxiliary plant]]
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[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Diospyros%20mespiliformis link to GRIN page]
[[Category:Human medicine, tropical minor]]


[http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Diospyros,mespiliformis&p=Diospyros+mespiliformis link to Prota4U page]
[[Category:Toothbrush]]

Latest revision as of 08:10, 23 September 2019

Diospyros mespiliformis
Hochst. ex A.DC.

alt=Description of Image_needed_LHB.png picture.
Order Ericales
Family Ebenaceae
Genus Diospyros

2n =

Origin : tropical Africa (except humid areas),
Yemen

wild and cultivated

English {{{english}}}
French {{{french}}}


Uses summary
  • wood


Description

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

Popular names

  • 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)

Classification

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

Cultivars

History

Uses

  • 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

References

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

Links

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