Ebenaceae FAMILY

Diospyros gabunensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Diospyros gabunensis is an evergreen tree that can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The long, straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 30cm in diameter, it is free of buttresses[ 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. , 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 medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon, DR Congo and Tanzania, south to northern Zambia.

HabitatLowland rain forest, sometimes in very wet situations[ 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/ ].