• Family : EBENACEAE
  (Ebony Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BISTENDU FAMILY (बिसतॆंदु फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EBENACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Diospyros montana var. cordifolia (Roxb.) Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros montana Roxb.
• Common name : Mountain Persimmon, Indian Ebony
• Vernacular name : Balagunike (Kannada); Vackana, Puchagatha, Sirigatha (Telugu); Halda, Tari (Oria); Tinduka (Sanskrit); Vakkana (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : February-December
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page; Arun Singh R, Imran Baig, A.N.Sringeswara
• Collection Date : 24/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0497
• Collection Locality : Chandaka WLS, Khurda district (OD); Bheeman falls, Jawadhu Hills
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Balasore district, Puri district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Manjunath et al., 2003-Flora of Davanagere district
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diospyros cordifolia. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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