Ebenaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Diospyros barteri

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Diospyros barteri is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 7 metres tall, occasionally adopting a scambling habit[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, for chew sticks and for wood. General forest loss has been high in all three countries where it is found because of logging, mining, oil exploration and commercial forestry activities. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Ghana, Nigeria, ?Cameroon, Gabon, ?Congo.

HabitatAn understorey tree in evergreen forests[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].