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Black Apple

Diospyros revoluta

Black Apple (Diospyros revoluta) is a tropical Caribbean tree in the ebony family, native to Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles. It is grown mainly as a landscape or specimen tree in warm, frost-free areas.

Family
Ebenaceae (Eben family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Caribbean
Climate
wet tropical

About

Diospyros revoluta is a species of plant in the family Ebenaceae. It is a tree native to Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, and Windward Islands.

Other Diospyros plants

Giant Diospyros · Diospyros acapulcensis · Diospyros acris · Diospyros aculeata · Diospyros acuminata · Diospyros agnitser · Diospyros alatella · Diospyros andamanica · Diospyros apiculata · Diospyros areolata · Diospyros artanthifolia · Diospyros arupaj

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diospyros revoluta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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