Diospyros saldanhae Kostermans

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
  • Species : Diospyros saldanhae
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros saldanhae Kosterm.
  • Collection Nos : KFP 8060, KFP 11522, HFP 62, CJS 13709
  • Endemism : Karnataka
  • Key identification features : A tree to 12 m. Twigs and petioles hirsute. Leaves 7-15 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, subcordate, hairy beneath. Male flowers in cymes. Female fl: solitary. Calyx hairy in male, of 5 ovate-lanceolate lobes; in female of 4 orbicular lobes. Corolla lobes hairy, in male 5, ovate, acuminate; in female oblong, rounded. Stamens 10. Ovary 2-locular, Berry to 3 cm across, bristly hairy
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Common in Ghats along river banks in wet deciduous or semi-evergreen forests
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Hassan, Shimoga, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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