Diospyros montana

Bombay ebony
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Ericales
Family:Ebenaceae
Genus:Diospyros
Species: D. montana
Binomial name
Diospyros montana
Roxb.
Synonyms
  • Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern[1]

Diospyros montana, the Bombay ebony,[2] is a small deciduous tree in the ebony family up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, distributed all along the Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China through to Australia.[3][4]

Common names

  • English – Mountain persimmon, mottled ebony
  • Malayalam – Manjakara, Nanchimaram, Bali, Malayakathitholi
  • Tamil – Karunthuvalisu, Vakanai, Vakkanatthi
  • Other Indian – Bistendu, Jagalkanti, Manjakara, Bankini, Vakkanai, Malayakathitholi
  • Vietnamese - thị da đen

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2770172
  2. ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bistendu.html
  3. ↑ http://www.biotik.org/india/species/d/diosmont/diosmont_en.html
  4. ↑ India Biodiversity

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