Diospyros candolleana

Diospyros candolleana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1221 1848. (Syn: Diospyros arnottiana Miq. ex Thwaites; Diospyros canarica Bedd.; Diospyros oligandra Bedd.);
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S. India as per POWO;

Tamil: Karimaram  Malayalam: Kari  Kannada: Kare mara

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Dioecious trees, to 15 m high, bark 5-6 mm thick, greenish-black, smooth; young shoots pubescent. leaves simple, alternate, bifarious, estipulate; petiole 8-14 mm long stout, grooved above, rugose, glabrous; lamina 7-15 x 2.5-5 cm, oblong or elliptic-oblong, base acute, attenuate, cuneate or obtuse, apex obtusely acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous when mature, lateral nerves 9-11 pairs, slender, pinnate, faint, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers unisexual, pale yellow; male flowers: 7-8 mm across, sessile, in dense tawny tomentose, axillary fascicles; calyx 5 mm long, tomentose; lobes 5, ovate, acute or subobtuse; corolla urceolate, more than twice as long as the calyx, fulvous-hairy outside; lobes 5, ovate, acute; stamens 10, in unequal pairs; filaments glabrous; anthers lanceolate, acute; female flowers: 10-12 mm across, sessile, 2-10 in tawny tomentose, axillary fascicles; calyx hairy on both side; lobes 5, ovate, acute, margin reflexed; staminodes 4 or 5; ovary superior, tomentose, 4-celled, ovules 1 in each cell; style 2-5, slender, tomentose; stigma hairy. Fruit a berry, 2.5 cm long, conical, green; calyx flat or shallowly cupuliform, the lobes triangular with reflexed margins; seeds 3-4, usually compressed; endosperm ruminate.

(From India Biodiversity Portal

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306 ID wild tree:
Please ID wild tree (specimen was sheds flower),
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 31.03.2022, 11.55am
Habitat: wild, moisture, shady
Plant habit: tree, erect, branches, hard woody stem 30 inches base circumference, rough black bark, long lasting
Height: 12 meters
Leaves: alternate, ovate/oblong, apex, glossy, greenish purple young shoot, size up to:16×5cm
Flower:  blooming at night; sheds early morning, axillary racemose, clustered, diameter:07mm, off-white, good fragrance
Fruit: drupe ovoid, green into orange, size:05×3cm, edible
Seed: 

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Diospyros candolleana….?

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Great dear …, yes, it is Diospyros candolleana, thank you very much for ID my plant,

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Please compare the characters with the specimen before the final conclusion ..

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Thank you very much for the message. My plant’s flowers are very close to this screenshot at Kew Science, but not familiar with fruits, only saw a ripened fruit in orange colour at very height in previous year,

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Probably Diospyros candollena

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Diospyros candolleana Wight: Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Diospyros candolleana wight seen last week at Amboli, Maharashtra, not seen this so far in Mumbai !. 

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Thanks for sharing
I had posted a Diospyros from Amboli in Jun 2010. It was IDed as Diospyros nigrescens.

will you please compare and comment on it.

Yes …, in fact I recollected your posts when I saw this species since there was a along discussion on the same. On relooking at the pics I feel there is a difference and probably our final conclusion was correct. If possible I will get this verified by …

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ID KZD 07/23: 1 image.
Please identify this large shrub from Kozhikode in Kerala. 4/11/23

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Diospyros candolleana Wight [Ebenaceae].

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References:

POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  India Biodiversity Portal  Wikipedia  Biotik