Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
    (Ebony Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BISTENDU FAMILY (बिसतॆंदु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Ebenaceae
  • Basionym : Garcinia malabarica Desr.
  • Synonym(s) : Diospyros peregrina (Gaertn.) Gürke; Embryopteris pergrina Gaertn.;Diospyros embryopteris Pers.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.
  • Common name : Gaub Persimon, Indian Persimon, River Ebony, Malabar Ebony, Gaub tree, Riber Ebony, Wild Mangosteen
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gabh, Tedu, Maka tendu, Kala tendu (Hindi)
    • Bandada mara, Antina kai, Holetupare (Kannada)
    • Thumbica (Tamil)
    • Nitta Tumiki, Tumiki, Racha-tumiki, Tinduki, Gabu (Telugu)
    • Mankar Kendu, Kola kendu, Gurva kendu, Rakthajharia, Thusra kendu, Dhusarokendu (Oria)
    • Tindukah, Tinduki (Sanskrit)
    • Panachi, Panancha, Vananji (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Stream banks of mixed forests, Tropical evergreen forests and sacred groves
  • Comments / notes : A characteristic riparian species growing along hill streams up to 750m
  • Key identification features : Large trees; branchlets glabrous; Leaves oblong, obtuse, coriaceous; Flowers in puberulous or subtomentose cymes; Fruits subglobose, densely red tomentose.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- August
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 25/02/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0517
  • Collection Locality : Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nyagarh district (OD)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, Vizianagaram district
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Siam, W.Malesia, Indo-China
  • 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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • 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
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 133
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diospyros malabarica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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