Table 1.

Occurrence of Diospyros species in different habitats in New Caledonia

		Substrate
		Limestone	Serpentine	Schist	Ultramafic rock	Volcanic rock
Vegetation	Humid mountain forest			D. parviflora, D. trisulca		D. flavocarpa, D. labillardierei
	Humid low land forest				D. glans, D. pancheri, D. parviflora, D. umbrosa	D. umbrosa
	Mesophyll forest	D. minimifolia, D. pustuala, D. tridentata			D. erudita	D. cherrieri, D. erudita, D. minimifolia, D. perplexa, D. pustulata
	Maquis		D. revolutissima		D. vieillardii
	Littoral forest	D. calciphila, D. inexplorata				D. impolita

Habitats are grouped according to vegetation type and substrate. Note that several species are co-occurring and that a few species are found in several habitats.