Family: Ebenaceae
Plant: A small to medium tree up to 15m high.
Flowers: Cream to green 4-lobed bell-shaped flowers in clusters in leaf axils. Male flowers have numerous stamens and occur in large clusters. Female flowers in groups of 1-3 together.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: Globular berry 1-2cm diameter, yellow turning red then black. Berry borne on a prominent calyx – like a little Persimmon.
Leaves: Oblong to elliptic, 4-8cm long and 15-40mm wide, tough, thick and alternate. The leaves are glossy dark green above and pale dull yellow-green below with veins barely visible.
Habitat: Rainforest.
Features: Tough, thick oblong to elliptic alternate leaves dark green above, waxy and yellowish-green on the underside. Globular, fleshy berries.
Name:
Diospyros From Greek = godly, wheat (referring to its edible fruit)
australis From Latin = southern
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Yellow, Red, Black |
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Other Features |
Fleshy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands, |
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Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest |
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