Diospyros digyna Jacq.   (Ebenaceae)

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Espinoza, R., Masís, A., Chavarría, F., Guadamuz, A. and Perez, D. 1998. Diospyros digyna (Ebenaceae) Species Page, May 24, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Tree. 70 cm DBH. Dioecious.

Flower:

Fruit:

Berries 5 cm in diameter. Green when immature and greenish-yellow when mature.

Immature fruit
Cross section of mature fruit

Leaves:

Simple alternate, lanceolate form and sinuate margins. The upper surface is dark green and the under side in light green. Approximately 12-18 cm long.

Leaf arrangement

Bark and wood:

Exterior bark is dark brown, scaley. The interior bark is a dark cream color.

Bark

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the El Hacha sector, in the area known as La Guitarra, on the edge of the Sábalo river.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA.

Thanks to Kate Beattie and Alexandra Kern for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited.