About Small-leaved Ebony
Diospyros buxifolia is a tree in the family Ebenaceae. It grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall. Inflorescences bear up to five flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to 1.6 cm (1 in) long. The specific epithet buxifolia is from the Latin, referring to the leaves' resemblance to those of the genus Buxus. Habitat is forests from sea level to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) altitude. D. buxifolia is found widely from India to Indochina and in Malesia as far as New Guinea.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Diospyros buxifolia
- Genus
- Diospyros
- Family
- EBENACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- എലിച്ചുഴി, Diospyros Buxifolia, എലിച്ചെവിയൻ
Ebenaceae
Ebony/Persimmon family
Small-leaved Ebony belongs to the Ebenaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the EBENACEAE family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at small-leaved ebony or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.
More in EBENACEAE
- Narrow-leaved EbonyDiospyros angustifolia
- Quarrelsome TreeDiospyros candolleana
- Green Ebony PersimmonDiospyros chloroxylon
- Mountain Persimmon, Indian EbonyDiospyros cordifolia
- Mabola Ebony, Comogen Ebony, Philippine Persimmon, Mabola Tree, Mabola-date-plum, Velvet apple, Velvet PersimmonDiospyros discolor
- Ebony, Ceylon Ebony, Malabar Ebony, East India Ebony, Black Sapote, Persimmon EbonyDiospyros ebenum