Mazhar Botanic Garden

Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern.

Box-leaf persimon

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000918
Common name: Box-leaf persimon
English name: Box-leaf persimon
Arabic name: ابنوس بوكسيفوليا
Native: India, Indochina, Malesia New Guinea
Country: China India Indonesia New Guinea Philippines
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen tree grow up to 30 m tall, 25 cm in diameter bark blackish-grey, mottled with white leaves simple, alternate, elliptic-ovate flowers unisexual, white, male flowers 1-4 together in subsessile small axillary cymes female flower solitary fruit a berry

Timber yielding. It produces black heart-wood . the timber was used for building. The wood is valued as a type of ebony.

Diospyros microphylla Bedd - Ebenus buxifolia (Blume) Kuntze

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Texture: Fertile Loam Moist
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 7 : 11
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Evergreen (tree)
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental Wood
Plant Populations density: Very Rare
Vegetation types: Wood land

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