Diospyros crassiflora — a medium houseplant
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Diospyros crassiflora

Diospyros Crassiflora

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Diospyros crassiflora, commonly known as Gaboon ebony, African ebony, Cameroon ebony, Nigeria ebony, West African ebony, and Benin ebony is a species of lowland-rainforest tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to Western Africa. It is named after the Central African nation of Gabon, though it also occurs in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Diospyros
Family
Ebenaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Benin ebony en Ebony en Gaboon ebony en Nigerian ebony en Cameroon ebony en African ebony
PLATES
Diospyros crassiflora leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Diospyros crassiflora leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Diospyros crassiflora bark
PLATE 03 · bark
ALSO IN THE LIBRARY

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