Diospyros heterotricha (B.L.Burtt) F.White

A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-8 m high. Young branches have bristle like and long hairs. The leaves are alternate and entire. They are 5-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The base is rounded and they taper to the tip. Flowers are in the axils of leaves. Male flowers are in groups of 2-3 and female flowers occur singly. The fruit is an oval berry. It is 1-2 cm across. They are yellow to slightly orange. They have short hairs. There can be up to 8 seeds. The seeds are reddish-brown and 1 cm long.

Bushy places and at the outskirts of forests, especially in wooded mountainous places, and frequently alongside high roads; shady woods; hilly thickets on a red muddy soil.

Can be grown by seedlings.