Diospyros soubreana F.White

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Ghana

• State/Province

  Ashanti

• Locality

  Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

• Coordinates

  6.63, -1.28

• Distribution

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Small specimen portion removed for phylogenomic analysis:
Temperate radiadons and tropical dominance: the diversification and
evolution of the plant clade Ericales (NSF).
P. Soltis et al.	Jan. 2020
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 95	EBENACEAE
Diospyros soubreana
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38’N, l017’W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Treelet or shrub, 6m tall. Round bole. Bark
fibrous, gray, rough, flakes when old. Slash
reddish-purple or orange-brown. Leaves
simple, elliptic, apex acuminate, base
cuneate. Copious, simple, brown hairs on
leaf. Leaves dry dark brown or black.
3l10
S. Kisseadoo	24 Nov 1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
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