Diospyros decandra Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ebenaceae > Diospyros

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows 5-10 m tall. The fruit are yellow or golden and have a sweet smell. Fruit are flattened when trees are young and rounded when trees are older. They are yellow when ripe.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 12.5 - 15.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in dense forests.
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Not known
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses medicinal timber wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Emmenagogue (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Insomnia (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Diospyros decandra unspecified picture

Distribution

Diospyros decandra world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322304-1
WFO ID wfo-0000648759
COL ID 6D8XF
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Diospyros decandra Diospyros packmannii