Herbarium JCB

Diospyros sylvatica Roxb.

Family : EBENACEAE
(EBONY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
Species : Diospyros sylvatica
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros sylvatica Roxb.
Vernacular name : Bilisarali (Kan.); Tella gada, Gadaluti, Gada, Pasara gatha, Tella gatha, Gatha (Tel.); Kalicha, Kanchia, Khalijya (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0481; HJCB-E-330; FAP 39594
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R., K.Sankara Rao & Navendu Page; K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & Navendu Page; K.R.K.Swamy & B.Sadasivaiah
Collection Date : 24/02/16; 26/06/2010
Collection Locality : Chandaka-Dampada Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State; Chandaka, Odisha State; Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Mixed forest; Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A small tree. Leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous and drying black. Male flowers are very small, in distinctly peduncled cymes, usually 4-merous. Female flowers are solitary, twice as large as the male. Fruit is globose, up to 2 cm across, seated on the woody, cup-shaped accrescent calyx. Seeds 2-8. endosperm ruminate.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : March-July; September onwards
Native : India
Comments : Occasional in damp forests and also in sholas.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Anantapur district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vijayanagaram district, Prakasham district, Krishna district (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district, Ganjam district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Cuttack district, Angul district, Sambalpur district, Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary (Khurda district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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=Diospyros sylvatica. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.