Diospyros montana

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]

Bombay ebony
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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]

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
  • Thai - Tarn Dum, Tarn Sarn (ตานดำ,ตานส้าน)

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

External resources
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