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Diospyros conocarpa

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Name

Identification
Diospyros conocarpa Gurke&K.Schum. [family EBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Diospyros unrecorded
  • Diospyros conocarpa
  • Diospyros staudtii
  • Diospyros dasypetala

Flora

Entry for Diospyros conocarpa Gürke & K. Schum. [family EBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Diospyros conocarpa Gürke & K. Schum. [family EBENACEAE], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 14: 311 (1892); Mildbr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 9: 1048 (1926).
Diospyros staudtii Gürke [family EBENACEAE], (1899)-F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 4, nom. illegit.
Information
Forestshrub or small slender tree up to 30 ft. high; branches in pseudo-whorls; bole black with thin papery scales falling to expose powdery purple surface; slash black outside, pale yellow and fibrous inside; sapwood pale cream-yellow, hard and tough with blackish markings at centre; inflorescence drooping; corolla white or pinkish.
Habitat
Forest
Distribution
S. Nig.: Afi River F.R., Ogoja (male fl. May) Jones & Onochie FHI 17398! Ojogba-Ugun F.R., Benin (male fl. June) Olorunfemi FHI 38068! Eket Talbot 3290! 3320![Br.] Cam.: Kumba (male fl. Mar.) Binuyo 8 Daramola FHI 35630! S. Bakundu F.R. Brenan 9424!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Rio Muni
Gabon
Congo
Cabinda

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