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jakkalsbessie S. Afr.|ˈjakəlsˌbɛsɪ|
[Afrikaans, f. jakkals jackal + bessie berry.]
Either of two trees, the evergreen Diospyros mespiliformis or Sideroxylon inerme, or their fruit. Also attrib.
1854L. Pappe Silva Capensis 22 Sideroxylon inerme. Lin. (Melkhout.)... The fruit (Jackalsbesjes) are edible. 1917R. Marloth Dict. Common Names of Plants 42 Jakkalsbessie. Diospyros mespiliformis, but also Sideroxylon inerme (milkwood). 1932Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Medicinal & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 137 The Zulus take an infusion of the bark of Sideroxylon inerme L., White milkwood, Wit melkhout, Jakkals⁓bessie..to dispel bad dreams. 1953[see geelhout]. 1963S. Cloete Rags of Glory 377 Here and there a giant tree, a baobab, jakkals-bessie, or fig, stood out—a blob dropped on the carpet. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 285/1 A fine African member of the genus [Diospyros] is the jakkalsbessie, West African ebony or Transvaal ebony (D. mespiliformis), which becomes 70 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 3 feet. 1973Palmer & Pitman Trees of Southern Africa III. 1795 The bar at Leydsdorp is made out of a solid piece of jakkalsbessie timber. |