Diospyros mabacea epithet "mabacea" is from the Latin, "resembling Maba" As this plant was originally placed in the genus "Maba". The original specimen was collected by Charles Moore at the Tweed River. Regeneration from seed is slow and difficult. Diospyros mabacea Diospyros mabacea, the red-fruited ebony is a rare rainforest tree in the ebony or persimmon family growing in north eastern New South Wales. Listed as endangered by extinction. Found at only thirteen sites in sub tropical rainforest near Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby (28° S), growing at low altutide. The original habitat is mostly destroyed by land clearing and housing. The current populations
Beefsteak tomato Italy, first, and France, later, an original variety of beefsteak tomato is produced, which looks like a heart beef by its form, which is pointing down. In Italy, the "cuore di bue" has been registred, but not in France, where some companies continue naming "cœur de bœuf" tomatoes which don't have the same qualities. Beefsteak tomato A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English) is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, some weighing or more. Most are pink or red with numerous small seed compartments (locules) distributed throughout the fruit, sometimes displaying pronounced ribbing similar to