Derivation of specific name
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abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F. White
subsp. abyssinica Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143930
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Large tree with a relatively sparse and shortly branched crown. Leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, glossy dark green; margin entire, wavy. Young leaves distinctly red. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, creamy-white to yellow. Fruit fleshy, spherical, held in a lobed cup, yellowish-green turning blue-black when ripe.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F. White
subsp. abyssinica Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143930
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F. White
subsp. abyssinica Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143930
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa from the Guinea Republic to Eritrea southwards to the FZ area and Angola.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F. White
subsp. abyssinica Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143930
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
