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Diospyros suaveolens

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Name

Identification
Diospyros suaveolens Gurke [family EBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Diospyros confertiflora
  • Diospyros suaveolens
  • Diospyros hylobia
  • Diospyros staudtii
  • Diospyros cinnabarina
Common name
  • isenue (KO&S) owokẹn (KO&S) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akpupaja (KO&S) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • erukoya (KO&S) èς̣ùς̣u àpọ́n (Verger) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Diospyros suaveolens Gürke [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 suaveolens Gürke [family EBENACEAE], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 26: 68 (1899).
Diospyros confertiflora Gürke ex Kennedy [family EBENACEAE], , For. Fl. S. Nig. 192 (1936), English descr. only; not of (Hiern) Bakh. (1933).
Diospyros barteri [family EBENACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 4, partly (Mildbr. 10522), not of Hiern.
Information
Small or medium-sizedforesttree 30-90 ft. high; bole fluted at the base; bark black, rough, scaling; slash black outside, deep yellow, turning orange inside; sapwood white, turning pale yellow; heartwood pinkish; leaves ashy-grey beneath; calyx pink; corolla ivory white; fruits with irritant hairs, borne on upper part of bole and main branches.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
S. Nig.: Owo F.R. (male fl.[Br.] Cam.: Bambuko F.R., Kumba Keay FHI 37438! Likomba Plantation Mildbr. 10522!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Gabon

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