- Family : EBENACEAE
(Ebony Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BISTENDU FAMILY (बिसतॆंदु फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Ebenaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.
- Common name : Ebony Tree, Tendu, Coromandel ebony, Malabar ebony, Persimmon ebony
- Vernacular name :
- Kendu, Tendu, Timburni (Hindi)
- Abanasi, Tumari, Beedi-yele-mara (Kannada)
- Karunthumbi, Beedielai (Tamil)
- Tumki, Mancigata, Nallatumki, Beedi aku, Tellagada, Tuki, Manchi Tumiki (Telugu)
- Kendu (Oria)
- Temru, Tendu, Temburni (Marathi)
- Beediyilamaram, Kari, Thumbimaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On hills up to 1100m, in open dry deciduous forests. Leaves are highly valued and used for rolling beedies (local cigarettes)
- Flower, Fruit : January-June
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 12/06/1976
- Collection Nos : SJC 19017
- Collection Locality : Bannergatta natioonal park, Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Common
- Karnataka : Common
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- 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
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diospyros melanoxylon. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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