Ebenaceae FAMILY
Diospyros tricolor
Diospyros tricolor
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Diospyros tricolor is a very much-branched shrub to about 2 metres tall[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of chew sticks and wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire to Nigeria and Gabon.
HabitatCoastal thickets[ 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/ ].