Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC., Prodr. 8: 672 (1844) (syn: Diospyros bicolor Klotzsch ; Diospyros corylicarpa Gürke ; Diospyros holtzii Gürke ; Diospyros kilimandscharica Gürke ; Diospyros sabiensis Hiern ; Diospyros senegalensis Perrier ex A.DC. );
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Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Trinidad-Tobago as per POWO;
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782 ID Diospyrose tree: 14 high res. images.
Please ID Diospyrose tree,
Location: Botanical Garden Bangalore Karnataka INDIA
Altitude: 3000fsl
Flower date: 04MAY2026, 06.15pm
Habitat: conservated moisture sloppy land
Plant habit: large erect branched tree overgrown, hard woody cylindrical trunk 80 inches base circumference, rough black bark
Height: 10 meter
Leaves: alternate elliptical acute simple flexible smooth glossy, size upto: 10×04cm
Flower: axillary bud
Fruit:
Seed:
I think Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.
Looks good.
Yes, appears so, although I could not find young whitish fruits like this on the net.
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References:
POWO