Diospyros thwaitesii
| Diospyros thwaitesii | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Diospyros |
| Species: | D. thwaitesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Diospyros thwaitesii ((Hiern.)) Bedd. | |
Diospyros thwaitesii, is a tree in the Ebony family, endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
ovate to lanceolate, base acute to rounded, long acuminate apex, lateral veins inconspicuous.
Trunk
Bark - black, finely fissured strips, hardly peeling; Immature Bark - reddish brown, grapefruit smell; branchlets densely, minutely, rusty pubescent.
Flowers
yellowish-white; Inflorescence - male, 4-15 in sessile, axillary clusters; female, solitary or in compressed cymes.
Fruits
globose to ovoid, rusty dense tomentum; calyx not much enlarged, flat, thick.
Ecology
rain forest subcanopy of wet zone.