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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Diospyros revoluta Poir.

Ebenaceae

SE North America (Haiti: Port de Paix, St-Louis du Nord, Morne Chabre, Les Roseaux; Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)

M[L]

dr (fruits pulp taken orally for constipation, leaves decoction taken orally for malaria) tx (fruits and bark)

Diospyros ebenaster auct. non Retz. Diospyros ebenaster L. p.p.

blackapple persimmon; black-apple (Dominica, Montserrat)

plaqueminier barbaquois; barbacoa, barbacoar; barbaquois, bois négresse ébène, bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois-négresse; ébène (Haiti); plaqueminier (Guadeloupe)

babará, bambarat (Dominica); ébano (Dominican Republic); guayabota, zapote negro (Puerto Rico)

ebenn (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Diospyros revoluta Poir.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Haiti: Port de Paix, St-Louis du Nord, Morne Chabre, Les Roseaux; Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr (fruits pulp taken orally for constipation, leaves decoction taken orally for malaria) tx (fruits and bark)
Synonym	Diospyros ebenaster auct. non Retz. Diospyros ebenaster L. p.p.
English name	blackapple persimmon; black-apple (Dominica, Montserrat)
French name	plaqueminier barbaquois; barbacoa, barbacoar; barbaquois, bois négresse ébène, bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois-négresse; ébène (Haiti); plaqueminier (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	babará, bambarat (Dominica); ébano (Dominican Republic); guayabota, zapote negro (Puerto Rico)
Other name	ebenn (creole, Haiti)
Trade name