Native to 33 botanical countries across Africa and Temperate Asia; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Opuwo District, Kunene Region
-19.260028, 13.877306
Location Remarks
Location withheld.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Tree 10 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ebenaceae
Genus
Diospyros
Specific Epithet
mespiliformis
Authorship
Hochst. ex A.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#215,571 of 335,497
Top 65%
Extinction probability
6%