Ebenaceae FAMILY

Diospyros whyteana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Diospyros whyteana is an evergreen shrub or small, often multi-stemmed tree that can grow up to 13 metres tall. Branching from low down on the bole, it has a dense, round to pyramidal crown[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. An attractive small tree with neat growth and masses of red fruits, it is often grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.

HabitatMostly in and at the edges of evergreen montane forest and scrub forest, sometimes (at lower altitudes) in bushland in rocky places, at elevations from 1,220 - 2,400 metres but descending almost to sea level in South Africa[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].