Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.

Family: Ebenaceae Genus: Diospyros Species: Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.( तेंदू )

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Synonym Diospyros dubia Wall. Ex A.DC., Diospyros wightiana Wall. Flower Color White
Common Name Abnus, Tendu, Kendu Flower Type Solitary
English / Trade Name Malabar Ebony Flowering Period April-June
Vernacular /Local Name Tendu Fruiting Period April-June
Altitude Up To 900m Fruit Type Berry
Habit Tree Fruit Details Fruits olive green, ovoid or globose 3-4 cm across,1- 8-seeded berries. pulp yellow, soft and sweet. seeds compressed, oblong, shiny, often banded
Habitat Dry Evergreen To Dry Deciduous Forests Bark Type Fissured
Distribution India ,Sri Lanka Bark Details bark black or dark brown, very thick, corky, deeply fissured vertically
Distribution in Haryana Yamuna Nagar Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
    Leaf Shape Elliptic
Description of Species A moderatee-sized to large tree, attaining a height of 25mt. it bears coriaceous leaves varying in size and form. elliptic-oblong leaves can be opposite or alternate, leathery, up to 35 cm long. male flowers are mauve in colour, tetramerous to sextamerous, 1-1.5 cm long, sessile or nearly sessile in short peduncles, mostly 3-flowered. female flowers mauve, mostly extra-axillary or sometimes solitary, axillary generally 2, opposite each other, larger than the male flowers. fruits olive green, ovoid or globose 3-4 cm across,1- 8-seeded berries. pulp yellow, soft and sweet. seeds compressed, oblong, shiny, often banded Leaf Details leaves opposite or alternate and coriaceus, up to 35 cm long, tomentose on both sides when young
 

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