CEYLON GOOSEBERRY (Dovyalis hebecarpra) A tree of Ceylon goose berry     Synonyms: Aberia gardnerii, Rumea hebecarpa,. Other names: Ketimbilla. Ceylon gooseberry, also known as ketimbilla in America, is believed to be a native of Sri Lanka.  It is cultivated on a very small scale for its fruits. Description: A shrub or small tree,

KEI APPLE (Dovyallis caffra)   Kei apple tree     Family: Flacourtiaceae Common names: amaqokolo, motlhono, mukokolo,  umqokolo, Kei apple is a lovely evergreen tree.   It is native to the Kei River area of southwest Africa and abundant in the wild around the eastern Cape, Kaffraria and Natal.  It was introduced

 ASSAM APPLE  (Docynia indica)   A portion of Assam apple tree   Family: Rosaceae Synonyms: Docynia hookerii, Docynia rufifolia, Malus docynoides, Pyrus indica, Pyrus rufifolia. Other names: Docynia, tong, thunghurpu, mel, mehul, likung, soh-phoh. Assam apple is a native of the Eastern Himalayas.  It is found in Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to China.              This plant grows at open

BLADDER NUT (Diospyros whyteana) A tree of bladder nut   Family: Ebenaceae Common names: Blackbark, Swartbas, Mohlatsane, Munyavhili, umTenatane, uManzimane, umKahze Bladdernut is an evergreen shrub or small multi-stemmed tree bearing edible fruits.  It can be found all over Africa naturally in forest, on mountain slopes and in rocky places. It has a wide

TEXAS PERSIMMON (Diospyros texana) A tree of Texas persimmon   Family:  Ebenaceae Other names:  Chapote, Mexican persimmon Texas persimmon is believed to have originated somewhere in central and west Texas or northeastern Mexico.  It can be seen growing commonly in brushy areas on level uplands, stony hillsides in these areas.  This fruit

JACKAL BERRY (Diospyros mespiliformis) A tree of jackalberry     Family : Ebenaceae Common names: African ebony, jakkalsbessie,  Musuma,  Mgula Jackal berry is a wild relative of persimmon growing in Africa.  It is sometimes also called African ebony.  A jackal berry can live for more than 200 years. A ripe fruit of jackalberry

TENDU (Diospyros melanoxylon) A tree of tendu   Family: Ebenaceae Other names: Coromandel ebony persimmon, kendu   Tendu is a fruit from India.  It grows in very large numbers in the forests of Central India.  Though its fruits are edible, but the tree is economically important for its leaves which are

ZAVELU (Diospyros mannii) A small tree of zavelu Family: Ebenaceae Zavelu is a fruit from Central Africa.  It is found growing in Congo and the surrounding countries.  It is a rainforest tree. Zavelu trees bear quite unusual fruit which are covered by a dense mat of irritant hairs.  Fortunately, the hairs loosen

AMLOOK ( Diospyros lotus )   A tree of amlook   Family: Ebenaceae English name: Date plum. Amlook is a wild growing fruit of the North Western Himalayas.  Sometimes trees are also planted. grows, mostly wild, in north-western Himalayas.             Amlook is a very long lived tree and said to remain productive for

JAPANESE PERSIMMON (Diospyros kaki)  A tree of Japanese persimmon Family: Ebenaceae Japanese persimmon is considered as the national fruit of Japan.  It was, however, introduced in India by the European settlers somewhere in 1921.  At present it is being grown on a limited scale in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, hilly