Taxon: Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• indisk ebenholts   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Indian Forester 122:1041. 1996)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide Ind Forester 122:1041. 1996)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Social: smoking material   (fide Indian Forester 122:1044. 1996)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [s.]; Sri Lanka

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Jayaraman, U. 1996. Economic importance of the genus Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in India. Indian Forester 122:1041.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Diospyros melanoxylon.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Diospyros melanoxylon.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Diospyros melanoxylon.

Synonyms:

• (=) Diospyros tupru Buch.-Ham.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)

Check other web resources for Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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