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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Wilderness, Garden Route NP, Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
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Lama or lamaEbenaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Male (Staminate) & Female (Pistillate) flowersThis is Hawaii's native persimmon. The edible fruit of lama, called pioi, were eaten by early Hawaiians.
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/7980879927/Primarily, the hard wood was used. Early Hawaiians used lama sticks (auk) to strengthen large one-way-in-no-way-out fish traps. Lama lama means torch, which were used at night for fishing.The wood was used for the framework of houses, temple construction, and handles for stone chisels.Lama wood was used as medicine. Huts (pupupu hale) were made in a single day of the wood during the daylight (lama) hours and the sick were placed inside them for curing. The dark wood was also placed on altars as the name suggests for enlightenment.Inside a hlau hula was an altar (kuahu) on which a block of lama (Diospyros sandwicensis) was placed. The wood represented the goddess of hula, Laka. The semi-sweet fruit is enjoyed by hikers and backpackers today. The wood is occasionally used in modern wood working today.A modern-day section of Honolulu, a school, and a canal are all named Kaplama, means "the lama wood enclosure," where high chiefs were protected. Plama, a street and another section of Honolulu, means "lama wood enclosure."
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Diospyros_sandwicensis
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Tanga, Tanzania
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Endangered tree with black fissured bark known only from the Tweed and Brunswick Valleys Northern NSW Australia. Only 250 wild plants known.
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Shingwidzi, Limpopo, South Africa
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Subang Jaya, Selangor.
Diospyros blancoi A. DC. Ebenaceae. CN: [Malay - Buah mentega, Buah seralat], Mabolo, Mabola-tree, Velvet persimmon, Butter fruit, Velvet apple. Native of Taiwan, Philippines and Indonesia. The golden velvety immature fruits turn bright orange when ripe. The rind of the ripened fruit is velvety, thin and easily peeled, almost tennis-ball shape, the flesh texture is soft, a bit powdery as in certain apple variety and very appealing sweet aroma and flavor. A bit astringent when not fully ripen. The plant is monoecious. Seralat can grow and attain a height of 50-80 meter. Synonym(s):
Cavanillea philippensis Desr.
Diospyros discolor Willd. - (name illegitimate, superfluous)
Diospyros philippensis (Desr.) GrkeRef and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?313076en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_blancoi
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Family: EbenaceaeDistribution: Common in scrub jungles.Found in Peninsular India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.Common name: Ooti.Small trees 3-5 mts tall, bark thin smooth black, Leaves elliptic-obovate,emarginate, base cuneate; coriaceous, Flowers 2-3 mm across, white in axillary fascicles, Fruit a berry, subglobose, yellow red on ripening, 2-3 seeded. Fruits are eaten, Wood is of low quality, used to make agricultural instruments.
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Lonavala, Maharashtra, India
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Tucson Botanical Garden, Tucson, Arizona
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Diospyros lasiocalyx (Mart.) B.Walln.[Diospyros hispida A.DC.]EBENACEAELocal: Jardim Botnico, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: a) Kuhlmann, M. Frutos e Sementes do Cerrado Atrativos para a Fauna. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2012; b) Silva Jr., M.C. e Pereira, B.A.S. +100 rvores do Cerrado, Matas de Galeria. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2009.
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Apopka, Florida, United States
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Wilderness, Garden Route NP, Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
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Barcelona, Catalunya, Espaa
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Lama or lamaEbenaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)This a small-leaved variety called Lama lau lii or lama lau liiThis is Hawaii's native persimmon. The edible fruit of lama, called pioi, were eaten by early Hawaiians.Primarily, the hard wood was used. Early Hawaiians used lama sticks (auk) to strengthen large one-way-in-no-way-out fish traps. Lama lama means torch, which were used at night for fishing.The wood was used for the framework of houses, temple construction, and handles for stone chisels.Lama wood was used as medicine. Huts (pupupu hale) were made in a single day of the wood during the daylight (lama) hours and the sick were placed inside them for curing. The dark wood was also placed on altars as the name suggests for enlightenment.Inside a hlau hula was an altar (kuahu) on which a block of lama (Diospyros sandwicensis) was placed. The wood represented the goddess of hula, Laka. The semi-sweet fruit is enjoyed by hikers and backpackers today. The wood is occasionally used in modern wood working today.A modern-day section of Honolulu, a school, and a canal are all named Kaplama, means "the lama wood enclosure," where high chiefs were protected. Plama, a street and another section of Honolulu, means "lama wood enclosure."
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Diospyros_sandwicensis
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Shingwidzi, Limpopo, South Africa