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Diospyros saldanhae
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Family:
EBENACEAE
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Citation: Diospyros saldanhae Kosterm., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74: 326. 1978; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5:139.1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 266. 1988; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Diospyros 225. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 502. 2009.
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Description:
Trees, 8-10 m high; branchlets very densely tomentose, the indumentum consisting mainly of slender, stiff hairs, c. 1 mm long, interspaced with 2 mm long hairs. Leaves alternate, spirally arranged, 3 x 6 - 6 x 14 cm, subovate- elliptic, , shortly, broadly acuminate with obtuse tip, base sub-cordate, both surfaces finely, prominulously reticulate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above except on midrib, which is prominent in its basal part and impressed in its upper part; lateral nerves very slender, ca. 10 pairs hardly prominulous; lower surface of leaf tomentellous, midrib prominent; petiole very short, thick, 3 mm, densely tomentellous. Fruit 2.5 cm diameter, solitary, subovoid-globose, densely tometellous; pedicel 2 mm long, pilose; perianth lobes 4, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 5 mm long; seeds 3, narrowly pear-shaped, slightly pointed, smooth, 15 mm long, endosperm equable.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-November
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
South India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Tirunalli, on way to Brahmagiri, Teerthundamala, Brahmagiri
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