Ebenaceae FAMILY

Diospyros piscatoria

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

The fruit is used as a fish-poison, either on its own or combined with the persistent calyx and the bark[ 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/ ].

Botanical Description

Diospyros piscatoria is a tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 23 metres with low buttresses at the base[ 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 believed to be one of the commercial sources of black ebony wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon, south to Gabon, Congo and DR Congo.

HabitatLowland rain 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/ ].