Diospyros candolleana Wight
synonym | Diospyros arnottiana Miq. ex Thwaites |
synonym | Diospyros canarica Bedd. |
synonym | Diospyros oligandra Bedd. |
Kannada |
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Malayalam |
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Other |
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Tamil |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit
Trees up to 20 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark smooth, dark; blaze reddish.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets terete, adpressed hairs when young.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole to 0.6-1.1 cm long, canaliculate, hairy when young, glabrous when mature; lamina to 6-18 x 3.5-7.5 cm, oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex gradually acuminate with blunt tip, sometimes obtuse, base acute to cuneate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, drying brown; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves 8-13 pairs, not prominent; tertiary nerves obscure.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers unisexual, dioecious; male flowers in axillary clusters on very short tubercles, silky tomentose; female flowers sessile, in axillary clusters.
Fruit and Seed
Berry, globose, to 2.5 cm across, glabrous when mature; calyx persistent, lobes reflexed with wavy margin; seeds 4.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Habitat
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
Peninsular India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
System of Medicines Used In
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=828 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=828
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Diospyros candolleana Wight, Ic. tt. 1221 & 1222. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 566. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 773(543). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 157. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 243. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 221. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 232. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 269. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 278. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 207. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 192. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 230. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 114. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 181. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 298. 2005; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Diospyros 63. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 498. 2009.
- Diospyros canarica Bedd., Ic. t.134. 1868-1874.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=828
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Diospyros candolleana Wight, Ic. tt. 1221 & 1222. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 566. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 773(543). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 157. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 243. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 221. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 232. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 269. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 278. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 207. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 192. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 230. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 114. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 181. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 298. 2005; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Diospyros 63. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 498. 2009.
- Diospyros canarica Bedd., Ic. t.134. 1868-1874.
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Ericales Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Ebenaceae |
Genus | Diospyros |
Species | Diospyros candolleana Wight |