Ebenaceae FAMILY
Diospyros hoyleana
Diospyros hoyleana
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Diospyros hoyleana is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow up to 15 metres tall. The bole can be 30cm in diameter[ 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 medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, south to Angola and Zambia.
HabitatAn understorey plant in dense evergreen rain-forest[ 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/ ].