Herbarium JCB

Diospyros montana Roxb.

Family : EBENACEAE
(EBONY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
Species : Diospyros montana
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros montana Roxb.
Common name : Mountain Ebony
Vernacular name : Bis tendu, Lohari, Dasaunda (Hin.); Balagunike (Kan.); Vakkanatthi, Karunthuvalisu (Tam.); Erragath, Erra Goda, Jagadagondi, Muchi Tunki, Nalla ullimili (Tel.); Kossekuli, Halda, Jakai, Paten, Kansa, Bhodrika, Pita kalkha (Ori.)
Key identification features : A small or moderate-sized tree, usually spinous. Leaves ovate or elliptic, acute. Male flowers are 4-merous, usually 2-6, in short axillary or extra-axillary cymes; pedicels vary, short. Female flowers are solitary, axillary and larger than the male. Fruit is globose across, seated on an enlarged, lobed, leathery calyx. Seeds 2-8; endosperm not ruminate.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Comments : Common on hills up to 1200 m in a wide range of habitats. Tree is resistant to sun and drought.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Tiruvannamalai Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Hoganekkal R.F., Guthirayan Hills (Dharmapuri district), Pacchamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Gingee Hills (Villupuram district) (Tamil Nadu State); Maredumulli Hills, Rampa Hills, Annavaram Hills, Bison Hills (East Godavari district), Srikakulam district, Chittoor district, Nagiri Hills (Kadapa district), Vijayanagaram district, Visakhapatnam district, Nigidi Hills (Ananthapur district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Rukikonda Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State); Hoganekal Falls (Dharmapuri district), Tiruvannamalai Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Gingee Hills (Villupuram district) (Tamil Nadu State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malesia, Tropical Australia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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=Diospyros montana. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.