Diospyros elliotii (hiern ex Scott Elliot) F.white

Species

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Characteristics

A tree. It grows 10 m high. The trunk can be 1.3 m around. The bark is smooth and dark brown. The flowers are white. The fruit are orange-yellow. They are round. They are produced on the older parts of the stem below the leaves.
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Fruit borne on older parts of stem below the leaves, bright orange.
Small forest tree 12-35 ft. high
Bark smooth, dark brown
Slash orange-yellow
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in swamp forest in West Africa. It grows in woodland and along river banks.
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An understorey tree in swamp forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food fuel gum material wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Diospyros elliotii world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Diospyros elliotii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322361-1
WFO ID wfo-0000648812
COL ID 6D98V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Maba elliotii Maba mannii Diospyros elliotii