Diospyros acuminata
Diospyros acuminata | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ebenaceae |
Genus: | Diospyros |
Species: | D. acuminata |
Binomial name | |
Diospyros acuminata (Thw.) Kosterm. | |
Diospyros acuminata, is a tree in the Ebony family, endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
lanceolate to ovate, rounded to acute base, acuminate apex, veins reticulate above and below, lateral veins about 7 pairs.
Trunk
Bark - smooth to finely fissured; Immature Bark - pale reddish to light brown; Wood - white; young branchlets densely tomentose.
Flowers
white with silky hairs, 1-3 together, axillary.
Fruits
globose, sparsely pilose, calyx not cup shaped, 3-lobed.
Ecology
rain forest understory of wet zone.
External resources
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/30848/0
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/191508-Diospyros-acuminata
- http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/11608/NBGB_NBGB_BELGIUM_BR0000006994808.html
- http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/k000792406
- http://books.google.lk/books?id=XIL9adYYeSIC&pg=PA240&lpg=PA240&dq=diospyros+acuminata&source=bl&ots=2adh1TLzcO&sig=3kR4Wc2rBWnVNfPQX5JpRKB6-EE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h2ieU-SgO8qKuATFlYGwDA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=diospyros%20acuminata&f=false