Diospyros soubreana F.White

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ebenaceae > Diospyros

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows 5 m high. The bark is black. The flowers are cream. The fruit are dark red and turn black.
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Slash black outside, pale orange-brown inside
Fruit dark red, turning black, calyx green.
Forest shrub or treelet up to 15 ft. high
Flowers cream
Bark black
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Growth form tree
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Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 4.57
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the high closed forest in West Africa.
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Undergrowth of high closed-forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh.
Uses food medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Diospyros soubreana world distribution map, present in Benin, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Diospyros soubreana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323029-1
WFO ID wfo-0000649769
COL ID 6D8RP
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Synonyms

Maba soubreana Diospyros soubreana