WorldFloraDB - Diospyros maritima

Characteristics

Trees 3--12 m tall, evergreen. Young shoots yellowish brown, glabrous. Winter buds sericeous. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to lanceolate-oblong, 7--17 X 3--8 cm, leathery, glabrous except sometimes for pubescent abaxial surface when young, ± concolorous, base obtuse to somewhat attenuate and with 2(--4) gland patches near petiole, apex obtusely acuminate, lateral veins ca. 7 per side, reticulate veinlets slender and inconspicuous. Inflorescences bracteate at base. Male flowers in 2-or 3-flowered cymes; pedicels short and thick; calyx ca. 3.5 mm, densely sericeous throughout; calyx lobes 4, triangular, slightly longer than tube; corolla urn-shaped, ca. 1.6 cm; corolla tube ca. 9 mm, outside densely appressed hairy; corolla lobes 3 or 4, oblong, ca. 7 X 4 mm, outside with right half densely sericeous, otherwise subglabrous, apex rounded; stamens 16; filaments hirsute; pistillode hirsute. Female flowers solitary, sessile; calyx lobes 4, both surfaces sericeous; corolla outside sericeous, inside glabrous; staminodes present; ovary 8-locular, rusty hairy. Fruiting calyx ca. 2 cm in diam.; lobes 4, poorly defined, reflexed. Berries orange-colored, depressed globose, 1.5--3 cm in diam., 8-locular, glabrous when ripe except for base of style.

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Shrubs or trees, to 12 m. Bark dark brown to black, smooth and flaking. Leaves persistent; petiole 0.5-1 cm; blade dark green and glossy adaxially, elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong or slightly obovate, 7-15(-17) × 3-6(-8) cm, thick, apex obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous (or sparsely pubescent when young), with 2 basilaminar glands. Inflorescences solitary flowers or 2-3-flowered cymes, borne on twigs of current season. Flowers 1.5-1.8 cm; sepals 4; petals 4; stamens 16; anthers dehiscent along their entire length; pistillate flowers with 8 staminodes; styles 4, connate for most of their lengths; ovary pubescent. Berries yellow to orange or black, not glaucous, depressed-globose, (1.5-)2-3 cm diam., glabrous (except at apex). Seeds brown, ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 cm.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	dioecy
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Mature height (meter)	10.0 - 12.0
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Coastal forests. Usually scattered in thickets along the seashore in Taiwan.

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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests near coasts.

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Usage

Uses	animal food food fuel material medicinal social use wood
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Therapeutic use	Piscicide (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

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Distribution

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322671-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000649303
COL ID	6CWLN
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Maba megalocarpa Diospyros liukiuensis Diospyros nitens Diospyros tetrandra Cargillia laxa Diospyros camarinensis Diospyros maritima Cargillia maritima Cargillia megalocarpa Diospyros kusanoi Diospyros laxa Diospyros maritima var. oblongata Diospyros maritima var. ovalifolia

WorldFloraDB 2024

Diospyros maritima Blume

Malaysian persimmon (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ebenaceae > Diospyros