Tags: Flowering Plant.
African Ebony redirects here. This is also used for Gaboon Ebony (D. dendro).Diospyros mespiliformis the Jackalberry (also known as African Ebony and by its Afrikaans name jakkalsbessie) is a large deciduous tree found mostly in the savannas of Africa. Jackals are fond of the fruits hence the common names.Mature trees have dark gray fissured bark. An adult tree reaches an average of 4 to 6 metres in height though occasionally trees reach 25 metres.
