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4. Diospyros venosa Wall. ex A.DC.wfo-0000649936

Prod. Syst. Nat. 8: 233. 1844; Ng, Mal. For. 40.4: 246 1977.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Evergreen tree, up to 20 m high, twigs unarmed. Leaves ovate or elliptic, 7–15 by 3.5–7 cm, base obtuse, rounded or slightly cuneate, apex acute, obtuse, acuminate or cuspidate, coriaceous or chartaceous, pubescent, glabrescent on both surfaces; secondary nerves 6–10 pairs, 50°–60° to midrib, arched and anastomosing well away from the margin, ± impressed on upper surface, prominent on lower surface; tertiary veins inconspicuous on lower surface; petiole 5 mm long, ± glabrous. Flowers usually bisexual. Male flowers cymose or paniculate, 3(–4)-merous; pedicel ± 2 mm long, pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 1–2 mm long, divided to middle, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Corolla urceolate, 3–5 mm long, divided to a quarter, ± pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 6–16, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary glabrous. Female flowers cymose or solitary, 3(–4)-merous; pedicel ± 2 mm long, pubescent. Calyx and corolla as in male flowers but larger. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 6-locular; styles 2–3, glabrous. Staminodes 3–6, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, 1–2.5 cm by 0.7–1.5 cm, dry at maturity, glabrous, obtuse at both ends; fruiting calyx divided ± to half way, glabrous on both sides; lobes reflexed not plicate nor undulate, without nerves; fruit-stalk 1–3 mm long; endosperm smooth.

Distribution : India, Burma, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia (type).