Ebenaceae FAMILY

Diospyros monbuttensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Yoruba ebony is a tree growing up to 10 metres tall, with a short slender bole that is often fluted, rarely straight, up to 60 cm girth[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as timber, medicine and food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire to S Nigeria, and extending to northern Zaire.

HabitatDrier semi-deciduous 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/ ].