Herbarium JCB

Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.

Family : EBENACEAE
(EBONY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Ebenaceae
Species : Diospyros melanoxylon
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.
Common name : Ebony Tree, Tendu
Vernacular name : Kendu, Tendu, Timburni (Hin.); Abanasi, Tumari, Beedi-yele-mara (Kan.); Karunthumbi, Beedielai (Tam.); Tumki, Mancigata, Nallatumki, Beedi aaku, Tellagada, Tuki, Manchi Tumiki (Tel.); Kendu (Ori.)
Key identification features : A deciduous tree with branchlets being fulvous-tomentose. Leaves are simple, elliptic or oblong. Male flowers in short cymes; female solitary. Calyx 4-5 lobed and cordate with lateral wings in female flowers. Corolla white. Bark grey, cracked into irregular scales.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : January-June
Native : India, Sri Lanka
Comments : On hills up to 1100 m, in open dry deciduous forests. Leaves are highly valued and used for rolling beedies (local cigarettes).
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Diospyros melanoxylon. Downloaded on 2 May 2024.