Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC.

Native to:

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

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
• Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
• Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
• Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
• Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
• Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
• Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
• Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 422-424, t. 92, 1-3
• Chev. Bot. 397
• F.T.A. 3: 518
• Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 164, t. 313, 3-4.
• Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. l2: 165 (1873)
• Kennedy For. Fl. S. Nig. 190
• Prod. 8: 672 (1844)

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
• Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
• Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
• Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

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• Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 447 (1994).
• Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 173 (1961).
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• F. White & Letouzey, Fl. Cameroun 11 & Fl. Gabon 18: 110, t. 16/1-12 (1970).
• F. White in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48: 352 (1978).
• F. White in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 58: 414, fig. 19, 20 & 21/2-12 (1988).
• F. White in Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 286, t. 65C (1983)
• F. White in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 12 (1963).
• F. White in Syst. Assoc. Publ. 4: 88-96, t. 8, 10, 11 (1962)
• F. White, Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Ebenaceae: 87, t. 17M-Q (1987)
• F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 328, t. 58G-H (1962)
• Gomes & Sousa, Dendrol. Mozamb., Commerc. Timbers: 154, t. on 155 (1951).
• Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol. Moçamb., Estudo Geral 2: 629, photo. on 590, t. 194 (1966).
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• Gürke in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 305 (1895).
• Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 518 (1877).
• Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 12: 165 (1873)
• J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 186 (1949).
• K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Afr., ed. 3, revised: 748, t. 245 (1990).
• Palmer & Pitman, Trees Southern Afr. 3: 1793, t. & photo (1973).
• R.E. Fr., Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 257 (1916).
• Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 82 (1909).
• Steedman, Trees Shrubs Lianes S. Rhod.: 63 (1933).
• Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 31 (1980).
• Williamson, Useful Pl. Nyasaland: 49 (1955).