Diospyros loureiroana

Botanical Description

Diospyros loureiriana is a dioecious, semi-deciduous shrub or small tree up growing to 6 metres tall with occasional specimens up to 10 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a dyestuff, also supplying timber, medicines and food.