Herbarium JCB

Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) A.L. Juss.

Family : EBENACEAE
(EBONY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
Species : Maba buxifolia
Basionym : Pisonia buxifolia Rottb.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev.
Vernacular name : Tendu (Hin.); Irumbili, Karianthovarai (Tam.); Chinnavullinji, Pisinika, Alli, Uli, Tella-alli, Chinna-ullingi, Uti, Yerruti (Tel.); Guakuli, Gaurkasa, Pisina, Pitonu (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0464
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R., K.Sankara Rao & Navendu Page
Collection Date : 24/02/16
Collection Locality : Chandaka-Dampada Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Mixed forest
Key identification features : A small tree. Bark is greyish-back, cleft in regular scales; the inner bark is quite black. Branchlets fulvous-pubescent. Leaves up to 8 cm long, lanceolate, acute at apex, coriaceous, midrib pubescent beneath. Male flowers are usually 3-merous, in short axillary 1-5 flowered cymes. Female flowers are solitary or in pairs, 3-merous. Fruit about 7.5 mm long, ellipsoid, fulvous-hairy when young, seated on the lobed cup-shaped calyx.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : January-July
Native : India, Sri Lanka
Comments : On scrub jungles and mixed forests up to 900 m.
Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Gingee R.F. (Villupuram district), Melpatti R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Theni district, Tippukadu R.F. (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, West Godavari district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Maba buxifolia. Downloaded on 10 July 2025.