Diospyros sanza-minika A.Chev.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ebenaceae > Diospyros

Characteristics

Bark black, with deep longitudinal ridges and fissures, very hard and more resistant to decay than the wood
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Fruit yellow with a mucilaginous white pulp.
Heartwood sometimes with a black centre
Medium-sized forest tree 40-80 ft. high
Bole long, slender without buttresses
Leaves greyish beneath
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 18.6 - 24.69
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Humid, evergreen forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fuel material medicinal timber wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Diospyros sanza-minika world distribution map, present in Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Diospyros sanza-minika threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322981-1
WFO ID wfo-0000649710
COL ID 6CX2L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Diospyros sanza-minika Diospyros nsambensis Diospyros glaucescens Diospyros glaucescens