Diospyros mespiliformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 672 (1844).

Heterotypic
- Diospyros senegalensis Perrier ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 234 (1844).
- Diospyros bicolor Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 184 (1861).
- Diospyros corylicarpa Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 156 (1911).
- Diospyros holtzii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 156 (1911).
- Diospyros kilimandscharica Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 157 (1911).
- Diospyros sabiensis Hiern, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 134 (1911).

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
- - Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Caprivi Strip; Central African Repu; Chad; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Senegal; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) 1844. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 8, Sistens Corolliflorarum Ordines XIII. 684 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Diospyros mespiliformis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Afrikaans: Jakkalsbessie
bamanankan: Sunsun
English: Jackalberry, African Ebony
Fulfulde: Nelɓi
Nederlands: Jakhalsbes

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