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| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Difou | |
| English | African Mulberry | |
| Other names | 
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
| States and Territories | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Ethiopia; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Angola | |||
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Rosales | |||
| Family | Moraceae | |||
| Genus | Afromorus | |||
| Species | mesozygia | |||
| Author citation | (Stapf ex A. Chev.) E. M. Gardner | |||
| Scientific name | Afromorus mesozygia (Stapf ex A. Chev.) E. M. Gardner | |||
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 750.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 850.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 950.00 | kg/m3 | ||