Diospyros senensis Klotzsch

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Near lodges, Mana Pools NP

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

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Synonyms:	Diospyros shirensis Hiern
Common names:	Spiny jackal-berry (English)
Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree armed with large, sharp spines. Bark grey, peeling to reveal a creamy underbark; trunks often distinctly fluted. Leaves, more or less narrowly obovate, 4-14 cm long, leathery, glossy dark green above, paler below more or less densely hairy on both surfaces; midrib sunken above, prominent below wit veining forming a distinct yellowish network; margin entire, hair-fringed when young. Flowers axillary in few-flowered clusters, creamy-white to yellowish. Fruit fleshy, ovoid to subspherical, c. 2 cm in diameter, yellow, mostly hairless cupped in the calyx, enclosing the fruit about halfway.
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Derivation of specific name:	senensis: from Sena on the Zambezi River in Mozambique
Habitat:	In deciduous woodland and thicket.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1000 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E
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Content last updated:	Saturday 3 December 2011
Literature:	Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 908 - 909. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae FZ 7(1) Pages 264 - 265.

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Other sources of information about Diospyros senensis:

Flora of Mozambique: Diospyros senensis
African Plant Database: Diospyros senensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Diospyros senensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diospyros senensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Diospyros senensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Diospyros senensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Diospyros senensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diospyros senensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Diospyros senensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Diospyros senensis
Tropicos: Diospyros senensis
West African Plants database: Diospyros senensis