Ebenaceae FAMILY

Diospyros zenkeri

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Diospyros zenkeri is an evergreen shrub or tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall. The bole can be up to 20cm in diameterp332]. The tree is possible harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola.

HabitatLowland evergreen rain-forest, sometimes on stream-banks[ 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/ ].