Diospyros dendo

Botanical Description

Diospyros dendo is a tree growing up to 17 metres tall with a bole that is often twisted and slightly fluted and is up to 1 metre in girth, but usually less[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a timber, source of tannins and food.