Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm.

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
  • Species : Diospyros angustifolia
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev.
  • Vernacular name : Hole-kuncha (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6918, KFP 7621, KFP 11804, KFP 12249
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : A small tree. 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
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Common in forests along streams
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Dharwad, Hassan, Kodagu, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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