Diospyros lanceifolia Roxb.

 
  • 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 lanceifolia Roxb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Fruits are said to be used as fish poison.
  • Key identification features : Trees, 10-18 m high; Leaves oblong-elliptic to lanceolate; Male flowers in sessile cluster; female flowers solitary, subsessile; corolla lobes densely fulvous tomentose, margin recurved; Berries ovoid, rusty villous.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- September
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 132
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diospyros lanceifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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