Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites

dy-oh-SPY-ros or dy-oh-SPEE-ros -- wheat (fruit) of the gods ... Dave's Botanary
oo-oh-KAR-puh -- egg-shaped fruit ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Andamans marblewood, egg-fruited ebony, zebrawood • Kannada: ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara • Konkani: ತಾಂತಿಂರೂಪ್ ಬೀಟ್ तांतिरूप् बीट् tantirup beet • Malayalam: കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali • Tamil: சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram, வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali


botanical names: Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Andamans marblewood, zebrawood

• Timbers of the World

egg-fruited ebony

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara

• name given for want of name - ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara - name borrowed from the popular commercial name - marblewood; refers to the graining and texture of wood

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

ತಾಂತಿಂರೂಪ್ ಬೀಟ್ तांतिरूप् बीट् tantirup beet

• name given for want of name - ತಾಂತಂರೂಪ್ tantirup = form of egg (egg-like); ಬೀಟ್ beet = ebony fruit ... name coined from the descriptive epithet oocarpa

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

दक्षिणी आबनूस dakshini aabnus

• name given for want of name - दक्षिणी dakshini = southern; आबनूस aabnus = ebony ... named so for its restricted distribution in Western Ghats of southern India and Sri Lanka

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj for help with these names sought from Plant Dictionary in Malayalam by Prof. Mathew Thamarakkad and Dr. M Ramesh

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram

• for egg-fruited ebony ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

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