Diospyros racemosa Roxb.

 
  • Family : EBENACEAE
    (Ebony Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BISTENDU FAMILY (बिसतॆंदु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Ebenaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Diospyros foveoreticulata Merr.; Diospyros incisa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Diospyros toposia var. toposioides (King & Gamble) Phengklai; Diospyros toposioides King & Gamble; Embryopteris racemosa (Roxb.) G.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diospyros racemosa Roxb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Medium sized trees, much branched; Leaves oblong-acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous; Flowers in short peduncled cymes, white; calyx irregularly lobed, persistent; Fruits subsessile, ellipsoid or subglobose, villous, 1-4 -seeded.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-May
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • 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 racemosa. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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