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Diospyros digyna
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Species of handsome, broad-topped, slow-growing (to 80 feet (25 m) in height) tree native to eastern Mexico, Central America, and south to Colombia. It produces edible tomato-like fruit. It is used medicinally: the crushed bark and leaves are applied as a blistering poultice; the leaf decoction is employed as an astringent and is taken internally as a febrifuge; various preparations are used against leprosy, ringworm and itching skin conditions. …
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