Ebenaceae FAMILY
Diospyros heudelotii
Diospyros heudelotii
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Diospyros heudelotii is an evergreen shrub or tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall, but is often smaller. The bole is straight[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine, tooth cleaner and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea Bissau to Ghana.
HabitatAn understorey plant of the evergreen forest, also growing in more open, secondary formations[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].