Herbarium JCB

Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern

Family : EBENACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
Species : Diospyros buxifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern
Common name : Small-leaved Ebony
Vernacular name : Kunchigana mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 7929, Raghavan 62931, Talbot 375, Talbot 3840
Key identification features : A large tree up to 25 m. Height; bark lenticellate; Twigs and petiole are hirsutus, Leaves are leaf blade to 4 x 2 cm, elliptic,acute at both ends,subpersistently hirsute,along margin,veins obscure,inflorescence of 1-3 male flowers in minute cymes and of solitary female flowers, calyx 4 lobed, glabrous without, fulvous,pilose along margin,stamens 16, ovary 4-locular.
Habit : Tree
Native : India. Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Maluka, Philipines, Madagascar, New Guinea.
Comments : Wood is used in making Walking Sticks; Timber is of commercial value.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka