Diospyros toposia
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Popular Names
- Bengali: toposi, gulal (Wealth of India)
- Tamil: karunduvarai, tuvarai (Wealth of India)
- Assam: thing-bong (Wealth of India)
- Malaysia: keruming besi, kayu arang pokok itan mati (PROSEA)
Classification and nomenclature
synonyms:
- Diospyros incisa Buch.-Ham. ex Wallich (1831)
- Diospyros racemosa Roxb. (1832) (correct name for Plant List)
- Diospyros foveo-reticulata Merr. (1909)
- Diospyros collinsae Craib. (1920)
Main uses
- wood: black ebony
- fruit: edible; used as fish poison
- gum from tree against toothache
Main references
- PROSEA 5(2), 1995. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 5(2). Timber trees : minor commercial timbers. ed. by R.H.M.J. Lemmens, I. Soerianegara & W.C. Wong. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1995). 655 p.
- Wealth of India (The), 1952. A dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Vol. 3. Raw materials : D-E. New-Delhi, Council of scientific and industrial research. XX-236-XXX p., 22 pl., index vol. 1-3.
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