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Diospyros canaliculata De Wild.

Species

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Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 15-20 m high. The trunk is 25 cm across. The crown is spreading and heavy. The bark is smooth. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are 25 cm long by 10 cm wide. There are 8-11 pairs of side veins. The flowers are white. They are produced on the trunk and large branches. The fruit have 4 ribs towards the top.
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Fruits borne in fascicles on the branches and trunk; fruiting calyx red.
Slash black outside, pale pink turning ochrous-yellow inside
Bark black, thin, smooth, breaking like flint when struck
Small or medium-sized forest tree 15-60 ft. high
Sapwood white, rapidly becoming bright yellow
Flowers fragrant
Corolla white
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 18.29
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 220 m and 1,440 m above sea level.
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Lowland evergreen rain-forest, and in relic forest in savannah areas.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

CAUTION. The skin of the fruit is caustic.
Uses material medicinal oil poison wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
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Distribution

Diospyros canaliculata world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Diospyros canaliculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322194-1
WFO ID wfo-0000648632
COL ID 36DXD
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Maba coriacea Maba nutans Diospyros cauliflora Diospyros kimba-kimba Diospyros bequaertii Diospyros canaliculata Diospyros chlamydocarpa Diospyros molundensis Diospyros bequaertii var. imbimbo Diospyros mayumbensis
WorldFloraDB 2024