Diospyros virgata (Gürke) Brenan

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (4)

Diospyros virgata

Photo: Warren McCleland
Ngonye Falls, Senanga District.

Diospyros virgata

Photo: Warren McCleland
Ngonye Falls, Senanga District.

Diospyros virgata

Photo: Warren McCleland
Ngonye Falls, Senanga District.

Diospyros virgata

Photo: Warren McCleland
Ngonye Falls, Senanga District.

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Maba fragrans Hiern ex Greves
Maba virgata Gürke
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: virgata: sparsely branched, virgate.
Habitat: In dry evergreen forest and various types of woodland, usually on Kalahari sand.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: DRC, Angola, Zambia and Namibia.
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated: Thursday 25 February 2016
Literature:

Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 526 - 527. (Includes a picture).

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 46.

White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Page 288.

Other sources of information about Diospyros virgata:

Our websites:

Flora of Zambia: Diospyros virgata

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Diospyros virgata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Diospyros virgata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diospyros virgata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Diospyros virgata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Diospyros virgata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diospyros virgata
JSTOR Plant Science: Diospyros virgata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Diospyros virgata
Plants of the World Online: Diospyros virgata
Tropicos: Diospyros virgata
Wikipedia: Diospyros virgata


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Diospyros virgata.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=210400, retrieved 19 March 2024

Site software last modified: 2 April 2018 10:49pm
Terms of use