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Diospyros abyssinica

Synonyms: Ebenus abyssinica (homotypic); Maba abyssinica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Diospyros abyssinica (also known as Giant diospyros, or Kôforonto and Baforonto in local languages spoken in parts of Mali, blidzo, blitcho, gblit∫o, blonyat∫o or gblεt∫o in some Ghanaian languages) is a tree species in the Ebenaceae family which is native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Infraspecies

Diospyros abyssinica abyssinica
Diospyros abyssinica attenuata
Diospyros abyssinica chapmaniorum
Diospyros abyssinica reticulata

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1280 lbf (581 kgf) Medium
Specific Gravity [2]  0.6

Predators

Cercopithecus ascanius (black-cheeked white-nosed monkey)[3]
Cercopithecus mitis (blue monkey)[3]
Loxodonta africana (African Bush Elephant)[4]
Loxodonta cyclotis (African Forest Elephant)[3]
Papio anubis (olive baboon)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Forest elephant group composition, frugivory and coastal use in the Réserve de Faune du Petit Loango, Gabon, Bethan J. Morgan and P. C. Lee, African Journal of Ecology, Volume 45, Issue 4, pp. 519 - 526
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0