Ebenaceae
Ebony diospyros
Diospyros mespiliformis
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
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Common names
By language (17)
- Afrikaans
- Jakkalsbessie
- Arabic
- ظلامة
- arz
- ظلامه
- Bambara
- Dabakalasunsun
- Chinese
- 胡狼柿, 豺狼柿
- dag
- Gaya, Gaali
- Dutch
- Jakhalsbes, Afrikaanse ebbenboom
- English
- Ebony diospyros, Jackal berries
- Finnish
- Sansibarineebenpuu
- Hausa
- Kanya
- Japanese
- ジャッカルベリー
- kj
- Eenyandi
- mul
- African ebony
- Persian
- آبنوس آفریقایی
- Russian
- Хурма мушмуловидная, Хурма мушмулолистная
- Tsonga
- Ntoma
- Yoruba
- Igi dúdú
Synonyms
- Diospyros bicolor Klotzsch
- Diospyros corylicarpa Gürke
- Diospyros holtzii Gürke
- Diospyros kilimandscharica Gürke
- Diospyros sabiensis Hiern
- Diospyros senegalensis Perrier ex A.DC.
Photos
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Photo: Mammalwatcher, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ousmane DIOUF, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Zelios26, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Abdul-Lateef Yakubu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Abdul-Lateef Yakubu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.