Diospyros batocana Hiern

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Diospyros batocana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chinotimba, Victoria Falls

Diospyros batocana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chinotimba, Victoria Falls

Diospyros batocana

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Jafuta Lodge grounds

Diospyros batocana

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Jafuta Lodge grounds

Diospyros batocana

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Jafuta Lodge grounds

Diospyros batocana

Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham

Diospyros batocana

Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham

Diospyros batocana

Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham

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Synonyms:
Common names: Batoka jackal-berry (English) Sand jackal-berry (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Small, often gnarled tree. Bark dark, rough and deeply fissured. Leaves elliptic, leathery, glossy green above, much paler grey-green below; margins rolled under. Flowers in clusters on old wood, creamy-white, sometimes tinged with violet. Fruit fleshy, nearly spherical, orange when ripe.
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Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:Jun - Sep
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, Zambia, DRC and W Zimbabwe
National distribution: N
Growth form(s): Tree.
Endemic status:
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Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 266.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 39.

Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 158. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 54.

White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 278 - 279.


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Flora of the DRC: Diospyros batocana
Flora of Zambia: Diospyros batocana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Diospyros batocana

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Diospyros batocana
African Plant Database: Diospyros batocana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Diospyros batocana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diospyros batocana
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diospyros batocana
JSTOR Plant Science: Diospyros batocana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Diospyros batocana
Plants of the World Online: Diospyros batocana
Tropicos: Diospyros batocana
Wikipedia: Diospyros batocana


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Diospyros batocana.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143940, retrieved 16 May 2025

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