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== Popular names ==
*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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*Portuguese: ébano africano (PROTA)
*Portuguese: ébano africano (PROTA)
*Swahili: mgiriti, mjoho, mgombe, msindi, mpweke, mkadi (PROTA)
*Swahili: mgiriti, mjoho, mgombe, msindi, mpweke, mkadi (PROTA)
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== Biology ==
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== Classification ==
*National Research Council & National Academy of Sciences, 2008. ''Lost Crops of Africa: Fruits''. National Academies Press. 380 p.
''Diospyros mespiliformis'' Hochst. ex A.DC. (1844)
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== Cultivars ==
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== History ==
 
== Uses ==
*wood: ebony. "The heartwood is pinkish grey to pinkish brown, darkening to dark brown upon exposure." (PROTA)
*wood: ebony. "The heartwood is pinkish grey to pinkish brown, darkening to dark brown upon exposure." (PROTA)
*fruit edible
*fruit edible
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*medicinals: root, bark, leaves, fruit
*medicinals: root, bark, leaves, fruit
*twig: toothbrush
*twig: toothbrush
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Yemen
== References ==
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*National Research Council & National Academy of Sciences, 2008. ''Lost Crops of Africa: Fruits''. National Academies Press. 380 p.
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== 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 link to Mansfeld page ]
*[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]
*[http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Diospyros,mespiliformis&p=Diospyros+mespiliformis Prota4U]
 
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[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:Tropical vegetable, minor]]


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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]]

Revision as of 09:11, 19 August 2012

Diospyros mespiliformis
Hochst. ex A.DC.

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Order Ericales
Family Ebenaceae
Genus Diospyros

2n =

Origin : tropical Africa (except humid areas), Yemen

wild and cultivated

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



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)

Biology

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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