Diospyros tricolor Hiern

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ebenaceae > Diospyros

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows about 2 m tall. The branches have a rusty coating. The leaves are narrowly oval and they can be rusty coloured underneath. The flowers are in small clusters. The fruit are yellow or orange.
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Much branched shrub of coastal thicket about 5 ft.high
Fruit yellow or orange.
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Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in coastal thickets.
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Coastal thickets.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gum material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Diospyros tricolor world distribution map, present in Benin, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323123-1
WFO ID wfo-0000649880
COL ID 6CWD7
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Synonyms

Noltia tricolor Diospyros tricolor