- Family : EBENACEAE
(Ebony Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BISTENDU FAMILY (बिसतॆंदु फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Ebenaceae
- Synonym(s) : Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern; Diospyros bracteata Roxb.; Diospyros calcarea H.R.Fletcher; Diospyros calycina Bedd.; Diospyros cordifolia Roxb.; Diospyros dioica Span.; Diospyros glauca Rottler; Diospyros goindu Dalzell; Diospyros heterophylla Wall. ex G.Don; Diospyros humilis Bourd.; Diospyros kanjilalii Duthie; Diospyros microcarpa Span.; Diospyros orixensis J.G.Klein ex Willd.; Diospyros pubicalyx Bakh.; Diospyros punctata Decne.; Diospyros waldemarii Klotzsch
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diospyros montana Roxb.
- Common name : Mountain Ebony, Mottled ebony, Mountain persimmon
- Vernacular name :
- Bis tendu, Lohari, Dasaunda (Hindi)
- Balagunike (Kannada)
- Vakkanatthi, Karunthuvalisu (Tamil)
- Erragath, Erra Goda, Jagadagondi, Muchi Tunki, Nalla ullimili (Telugu)
- Kossekuli, Halda, Jakai, Paten, Kansa, Bhodrika, Pita kalkha (Oria)
- Bali, Malayakathitholi, Manjakara, Nanchimaram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Common on hills 1200m in a wide range of habitats; drought resistant
- Flower, Fruit : March-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Maredumulli Hills, Rampa Hills, Annavaram Hills, Bison Hills (East Godavari district), Srikakulam district, Nagiri Hills (Kadapa district), Nigidi forest (Anantapur district), Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Hoganekal Falls, Dharmapuri Hills, Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Tiruvannamalai Hills, Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Gingee Hills (Villipuram district), Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district)
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malesia, Tropical Australia
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 200
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diospyros montana. 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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