• Family : EBENACEAE
  (Ebony Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BISTENDU FAMILY (बिसतॆंदु फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : EBENACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Diospryros calycina Bedd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros foliolosa Wall. ex A.DC.
• Vernacular name : Kattupanachi, Vellathuvara (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
• Key identification features : A small tree; conspicuous in yellow fruit from the large foliaceous calyx lobes; Flowers bright yellow; Seeds almost ruminate
• Flower, Fruit : April-June
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Southwest India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
• 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 foliolosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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