Diospyros lanceifolia Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ebenaceae > Diospyros

Characteristics

An evergreen tree. The young shoots are softly hairy. The bark has a smell. The bark is dark or blank and has fine cracks along it. The leaves are in two rows. They are narrowly sword shaped and taper to the tip. The male flowers are in clusters and without stalks. The female flowers occur singly. The fruit are flattened round or oval. They are 2.5 cm across. They are softly hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Lowland and hill rainforests at elevations up to 700 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in East India.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. They are sour or salty.
Uses material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Piscicide (unspecified), Poison(Arrow) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Diospyros lanceifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322581-1
WFO ID wfo-0000649192
COL ID 6CWL3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Diospyros multiflora Diospyros grata Diospyros lanceifolia Diospyros lucida Diospyros lanceifolia f. cagayanensis Diospyros lanceifolia f. wenzelii Diospyros clavigera var. pachyphylla

Lower taxons

Diospyros lanceifolia var. lanceifolia Diospyros lanceifolia var. iliaspaiei Diospyros lanceifolia var. renageorgeae Diospyros lanceifolia var. saliciformis