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 • Malayalam: കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali • Tamil: சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram, வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali


botanical names: Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 19 August 2022

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Andamans marblewood, zebrawood

• Timbers of the World

egg-fruited ebony

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

❌ kalu kadumberiya ❌

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• this name is not in Kannada, but Sinhalese (කළු කැඩුම්බේරිය) ... Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants of Sri Lanka

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

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

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

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

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

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

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram

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

வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andaman & Nicobar islands, *Goa, *Karnataka, Kerala, *Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.01; last update January 28th, 2025. Last accessed 07/02/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 17:51 19-08-2022 ¦ Last updated: 10:53 08-02-2025 ~~~~~

Ebenaceae evergreen tree "Diospyros oocarpa" "Andamans marblewood" "egg-fruited ebony" zebrawood