Diospyros paniculata Dalzell

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
  • Species : Diospyros paniculata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros paniculata Dalzell
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6874, KFP 10928, KFP 14421
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : A large tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at apex, glabrous. Male fl: in few-flowered peduncled paniculate cymes borne in the axils of fallen leaves. Female fl: axillary, solitary or in 2-5-flowered cymes. Fruit ovoid, up to 4 cm long, hirsute when young, becoming glabrate with age, seated on the enlarged, 5-lobed, auricled, plicate calyx. Seeds ovoid; endosperm not ruminate
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Rare in evergreen forests of Western Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984;Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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