Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Ebenaceae | Genus: Diospyros | Species: Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.( तेंदू ) |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Diospyros dubia Wall. Ex A.DC., Diospyros wightiana Wall. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Abnus, Tendu, Kendu | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Malabar Ebony | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Tendu | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up To 900m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruits olive green, ovoid or globose 3-4 cm across,1- 8-seeded berries. pulp yellow, soft and sweet. seeds compressed, oblong, shiny, often banded |
| Habitat | Dry Evergreen To Dry Deciduous Forests | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India ,Sri Lanka | Bark Details | bark black or dark brown, very thick, corky, deeply fissured vertically |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | A moderatee-sized to large tree, attaining a height of 25mt. it bears coriaceous leaves varying in size and form. elliptic-oblong leaves can be opposite or alternate, leathery, up to 35 cm long. male flowers are mauve in colour, tetramerous to sextamerous, 1-1.5 cm long, sessile or nearly sessile in short peduncles, mostly 3-flowered. female flowers mauve, mostly extra-axillary or sometimes solitary, axillary generally 2, opposite each other, larger than the male flowers. fruits olive green, ovoid or globose 3-4 cm across,1- 8-seeded berries. pulp yellow, soft and sweet. seeds compressed, oblong, shiny, often banded | Leaf Details | leaves opposite or alternate and coriaceus, up to 35 cm long, tomentose on both sides when young |
