Ebenaceae
Diospyros

Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.

First published in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to SW. Pacific. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Callimander, M.W. & al. (eds.) (2013). Notes on the flora of Madagascar. 30-34. Candollea 68: 301-320.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea. [Cited as Diospyros vera.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Diospyros vera.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sultana, M., Rahman, M.O., Begum, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2010). Diospyros albiflora Alston (Ebenaceae): A new Angiospermic record for Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Botany 39: 249-251.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Whitmore, T.C. (1966). Guide to the forests of the British Solomon islands: 1-208. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bakh. in Gard. Bull., Singapore 7: 162 (1933).
  • F. White in Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique 48: 273, fig. 5 & 6 (1978) (full synonymy)
  • F. White in Distr. Pl. Afr. 14, carte 455 (1978).
  • F. White in Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 252, t. 55A (1983)
  • F. White in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 11 (1963).
  • F. White in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Ebenaceae: 8, t. 1A-G (1987).
  • Hepper, W. Afr. Herb. Isert & Thonning: 53 (1976).
  • Letouzey & F. White in Fl. Cameroun 11 & Fl. Gabon 18: 69, t. 16/13-22 (1970).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 31 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2011 Poilane [17824], Cambodia K000639744 No
Jun 1, 2011 Soejarto [10852], Laos K000639753 No
Jun 1, 2010 Middleton, D. et al. [1116], Thailand K000639289 No
Jan 1, 2010 Takeuchi [15610], Papua New Guinea K000639150 No
Jan 1, 2010 Bau [LAE 82861], Papua New Guinea K000639151 No
Jan 1, 2010 Bau [LAE 82769], Papua New Guinea K000639149 No
Jan 1, 2010 Puradyatmika [10404], Papua New Guinea K000272175 No
Jan 1, 2010 Sands [1128], Papua New Guinea K000639148 No
Jan 1, 2010 Takeuchi [16305], Papua New Guinea K000639153 No
Jan 1, 2010 Takeuchi [16224], Papua New Guinea K000639154 No
Jan 1, 2010 Takeuchi, W. et al [15387], Papua New Guinea K000639152 No
May 1, 2006 Sidiyasa, K. et al. [3442], Kalimantan K000639211 No
May 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11937], Cameroon K000339694 No
Mar 1, 2006 Tadjouteu, F. [570], Cameroon K000339048 No
Mar 1, 1955 Dalziel, J.M. [413], Nigeria K000350652 syntype Yes
Mar 1, 1955 Lely, H.V. [229], Nigeria K000350653 syntype Yes
Mar 1, 1955 Don [s.n.], Congo, DRC K000350677 Yes
Faulkner, H. [2151], Tanzania 55939.000 No
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.], India Diospyros nigrescens K000792382 Yes
Kajewski, S.F. [932], Vanuatu Diospyros ferrea f. subelliptica K000792741 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4145], Myanmar Maba buxifolia K001038241 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4145] Maba buxifolia K001038240 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4145] Maba buxifolia K001038242 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4145] Maba buxifolia K001038243 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4145] Maba buxifolia K001038239 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/