Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 188 (1873)
- Diospyros bracteata Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 539 (1832)
- Diospyros calcarea H.R.Fletcher in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 383 (1937)
- Diospyros calycina Bedd. in Rep. Conservator Forests 1867-1868: 26 (1868), nom. illeg.
- Diospyros cordifolia Roxb. in Pl. Coromandel 1: 38 (1795)
- Diospyros dioica Span. in Linnaea 15: 336 (1841)
- Diospyros glauca Rottler in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 221 (1803)
- Diospyros goindu Dalzell in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 111 (1852)
- Diospyros heterophylla Wall. ex G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 41 (1837)
- Diospyros humilis Bourd. in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 352 (1899), nom. illeg.
- Diospyros kanjilalii Duthie in Indian Forester 31: 307 (1905)
- Diospyros microcarpa Span. in Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 348 (1836)
- Diospyros montana f. cordifolia (Roxb.) Hiern in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 222 (1873)
- Diospyros montana var. cordifolia (Roxb.) Hiern in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 222 (1873)
- Diospyros orixensis J.G.Klein ex Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 407 (1805)
- Diospyros pubicalyx Bakh. in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 182 (1933)
- Diospyros punctata Decne. in Herb. Timor.: 79 (1834)
- Diospyros waldemarii Klotzsch in Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 101 (1862)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Sultana, M., Rahman, M.O., Begum, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2010). Diospyros albiflora Alston (Ebenaceae): A new Angiospermic record for Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Botany 39: 249-251.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2012 | I Made Maduarta [IMM 098], Lesser Sunda Is. | K000734281 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2010 | Middleton, D. et al. [847], Thailand | K000639278 | No | ||
| Feb 1, 1971 | Kanjilal, U. [1135], India | K000792303 | Yes | ||
| Feb 1, 1971 | Kanjilal, U. [1150], India | K000792302 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1971 | Ritchie, D. [s.n.] | K000792314 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1971 | Kanjilal, U. [1135], India | K000792309 | syntype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1971 | Wallich, N. [4115] | K000792307 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1971 | Gamble, J.S. [10614], India | K000792311 | syntype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1971 | Kanjilal, U. [1150], India | K000792310 | syntype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1971 | Gamble, J.S. [13657], India | K000792312 | syntype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1971 | Ritchie, D. [972] | K000792313 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1971 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10976], Thailand | K000792536 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1971 | Brown, R. [2827], Australia | K000792759 | Yes | ||
| Law, J.S. [s.n.] | K000792304 | Yes | |||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [10976], Thailand | K000792537 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] | K000792301 | Yes | |||
| Hohenacker, R.F. [389], India | K000792305 | isotype | Yes | ||
| Canrey, W. [s.n.] | K000792308 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4138], Myanmar | Diospyros heterophylla | K001038230 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116], India | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038168 | Yes | ||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4116], India | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038170 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116] | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038171 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116] | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038172 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116] | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038167 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116] | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038166 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116] | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038174 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116] | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038165 | Yes | ||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4116], India | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038173 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4116], India | Diospyros cordifolia | K001038169 | Yes | ||
| Forester [3827], Thailand | Diospyros pubicalyx | K001089523 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Kerr, A.F.G. [8326], Thailand | Diospyros bracteata | K000792558 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images