Diospyros bourdillonii Brandis

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
  • Species : Diospyros bourdillonii
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros bourdillonii Brandis
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : A large tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, coriaceous. Male fl: white in short axillary cymes. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Female fl: in short dense clusters on old wood. Fruit subglobose, hard, woody; fruiting calyx hard, woody, tomentose, appressed to the basal part of the fruit. Seeds oblong-oval; endosperm not ruminate
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : An endemic species to the windward side of the Western Ghats, found at an altitude between 300 and 1000m elevations. (Ramesh & Franceschi, 1993)
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Ramesh and Pascal 1992. Five new additions to the flora of Karnataka. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol. 90 July, 1992; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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