Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub to Small Tree
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm. |
| synonym | Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. |
| synonym | Diospyros egbert-walkeri Kosterm. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea angustifolia (Miq.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea buxifolia (Rottb.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. angustata Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. globosa Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. laurina (R.Br.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. oblanceolata Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. oblonga Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. oblongata Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. obovata Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea f. subelliptica Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. aroeensis Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. buxoides Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. compacta (R.Br.) Fosberg |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. ellipsoidea Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. geminata (R.Br.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. humilis (R.Br.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. indonesica Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. littorea (R.Br.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. madagascariensis (A.DC.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. reticulata (R.Br.) Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros ferrea var. salomonensis Bakh. |
| synonym | Diospyros geminata (R.Br.) F.Muell. |
| synonym | Diospyros humilis (R.Br.) F.Muell. |
| synonym | Diospyros littorea (R.Br.) Kosterm. |
| synonym | Diospyros nigrescens (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha |
| synonym | Diospyros salomonensis (Bakh.) Kosterm. |
| synonym | Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev. |
| synonym | Ebenoxylum verum Lour. |
| synonym | Ebenus compacta (R.Br.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus geminata (R.Br.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus hemicyclodes (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus humilis (R.Br.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus lamponga (Miq.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus laurina (R.Br.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus nigrescens (Dalzell) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus obovata (R.Br.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ebenus reticulata (R.Br.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Ferreola buxifolia (Rottb.) Roxb. |
| synonym | Ferreola ebenus Stokes |
| synonym | Ferreola guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. |
| synonym | Maba angustifolia Miq. |
| synonym | Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Pers. |
| synonym | Maba buxifolia var. littorea (R.Br.) Hiern |
| synonym | Maba compacta R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba cumingiana A.DC. |
| synonym | Maba ebenoxylon G.Don |
| synonym | Maba ebenus Wight |
| synonym | Maba geminata R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba guineensis A.DC. |
| synonym | Maba hemicycloides F.Muell. ex Benth. |
| synonym | Maba humilis R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba interstans F.Muell. |
| synonym | Maba lamponga Miq. |
| synonym | Maba laurina R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba littorea R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba madagascariensis A.DC. |
| synonym | Maba nigrescens Dalzell |
| synonym | Maba obovata R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba papuana Hiern |
| synonym | Maba reticulata R.Br. |
| synonym | Maba secundiflora Hutch. |
| synonym | Maba smeathmannii A.DC. |
| synonym | Maba vacciniifolia Benth. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Small trees to 4 m tall; bark dark grey, fissured, rough. Leaves alternate, 1-2.5 x 1-1.8 cm, obovate-oblong or spathulate, base cuneate to attenuate, apex obtuse to emarginate, coriaceous; petiole to 2 mm long. Flowers 1-3, in axillary fascicles, white. Male flower: calyx pale yellowish, c. 2 mm long, cup-shaped, lobes 3, 1-1.5 mm long, triangular-ovate, acute; corolla tube 5 -6 mm long, tubular, lobes 3, 1 -1.5 mm long, oblong-ovate, acute ; stamens 6, c. 2 mm long. Female flower: similar to male one; ovary c. 2 mm long, globose, silky-pubescent, stigmas 3. Berry 5-7 mm long, subglobose, yellow to brownish red. Seeds 1-3, c. 4 mm long, wedge-shaped.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, North Australia and Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2321
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2321 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 418. 1804.
- Ehretia ferrea Willd., Phytogr. 1: 4. t.2. f.2. 1794.
- Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh., Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162. 1933; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 243. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 279. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 230. 1998; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Diospyros 102. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 409. 2009.
- Pisonia buxifolia Rottb., Nye San. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 2: 536. t.4. f2. 1782, non Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern 1873.
- 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=2321
Information Listing > References
- Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 418. 1804.
- Ehretia ferrea Willd., Phytogr. 1: 4. t.2. f.2. 1794.
- Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh., Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162. 1933; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 243. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 279. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 230. 1998; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Diospyros 102. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 409. 2009.
- Pisonia buxifolia Rottb., Nye San. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 2: 536. t.4. f2. 1782, non Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern 1873.
- 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=2321
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Ericales Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Ebenaceae |
| Genus | Diospyros |
| Species | Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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