Ebenaceae FAMILY
Diospyros bipindensis
Diospyros bipindensis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Diospyros bipindensis is a tree growing up to 20 metres tall with a fluted bole. The wood is harvested from the wild for traditional and commercial purposes. The tree also has a number of traditional medicinal uses.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon to DR Congo and Angola.
HabitatClosed, 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/ ].