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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 == | == Popular names == | ||
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*English: | *English: | ||
**African ebony, wild African ebony, West African ebony, swamp ebony, Transvaal ebony, ebony diospyros, monkey guava, jackal berry (PROTA) | **African ebony, wild African ebony, West African ebony, swamp ebony, Transvaal ebony, ebony diospyros, monkey guava, jackal berry (PROTA) | ||
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*Swahili: mgiriti, mjoho, mgombe, msindi, mpweke, mkadi (PROTA) | *Swahili: mgiriti, mjoho, mgombe, msindi, mpweke, mkadi (PROTA) | ||
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== Classification == | == Classification == | ||
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*[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Diospyros+mespiliformis&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI] | *[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Diospyros+mespiliformis&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI] | ||
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Diospyros%20mespiliformis GRIN] | *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Diospyros%20mespiliformis GRIN] | ||
*[ | *[[Diospyros mespiliformis (PROTA)|PROTA on Pl@ntUse]] | ||
[[Category:Diospyros]] | |||
[[Category:Species]] | [[Category:Species]] | ||
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[[Category:Ornamental tree]] | [[Category:Ornamental tree]] | ||
[[Category:Tropical timber, major]] | |||
[[Category:Auxiliary plant]] | [[Category:Auxiliary plant]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:10, 23 September 2019
Diospyros mespiliformis
Hochst. ex A.DC.
| 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) -
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
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.