Herbarium JCB

Diospyros cordifolia Roxb.

Family : EBENACEAE
(EBONY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
Species : Diospyros cordifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros montana Roxb.
Common name : Mountain Persimon, Indian Ebony
Vernacular name : Balagunike (Kan.); Vackana, Puchagatha, Sirigatha (Tel.); Halda, Tari (Ori.); Tinduka (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0497
Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & Navendu Page
Collection Date : 24/02/16
Collection Locality : Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Dry deciduous forest
Key identification features : A medium-sized deciduous tree with slim, straight trunk and narrow open crown. Leaves are simple, elliptic and leathery. Young leaves are covered with dense velvety growth of hairs. Flowers are small, unisexual; males in group of four or five in leaf axils whereas females are solitary. Fruit is globose (2.5 cm diameter) with persistent calyx. Bark is ashy-grey or greenish, exfoliating, in small scales.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : February-December
Native : India
Comments : Rare on hills of evergreen and mixed forests.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Balasore district, Puri district, Cuttack district, Khurda district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, North Australia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
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=Diospyros cordifolia. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.