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Diospyros malabarica(Desr.)Kostel.
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Synonym
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Diospyros biflora
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Family |
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Ebenaceae |
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Local
name |
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English- Indian Persimmon
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Distribution |
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India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand |
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Distribution
in Kerala |
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Westernghats |
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Habitat |
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Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests |
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Uses |
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The
juice of the fresh bark as useful in bilious fever. |
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Key botanical
characters: An evergreen
tree with a spreading crown. It can grow up to 37 m tall, with a trunk girth
of 2 m. The bark is black, smooth, and the inner bark turns bluish on
exposure to sunlight. Leaves are oblong and glossy. The male flowers are
formed in 3-5 flowered cymes in leaf axils. Female flowers are solitary,
4-parted, with 4 styles, and an 8-celled ovary. Fruits are round, up to 3.5
cm in diameter, and seated on a persistent sepal structure. The fruit is
green, tinted red. |
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