Bark
The bark is black, smooth, becomes dark grey, rough, and deeply furrowed on maturity.
Diospyros malabarica
Syn. Garcinia malabarica
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Indian Persimmon (English)
- Gaab (Hindi)
- Temburani (Marathi)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Ebenaceae
25m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are oblong and glossy.
Flower
The male flowers are formed in 3-5 flowered cymes in leaf axils. Female flowers are solitary, 4-parted, with 4 styles, and an 8-celled ovary.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruits are round, up to 3.5 cm in diameter, and seated on a persistent sepal structure. The fruit is green, tinted red.
Did you know?
Sticky juice from unripe fruits was traditionally used as black dye, fishing-net tanning agent, and waterproof boat adhesive. In ancient ayurvedic texts called Nighantus, its bark is described as being useful when applied externally to boils, swellings, and tumours.
Distribution
Tropical Asia, Trinidad-Tobago