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Diospyros ferrea

(Willd.) Bakh. (1933)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Ebenaceae Genus: Diospyros

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Description

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Synonyms (46)

Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm. (1977)
Diospyros ferrea f. angustata Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. globosa Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. oblanceolata Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. oblonga Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. oblongata Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. obovata Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea f. subelliptica Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. angustifolia (Miq.) Bakh. (1937)
Diospyros ferrea var. aroeensis Bakh. (1937)
Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia (Rottb.) Bakh. (1937)
Diospyros ferrea var. buxoides Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. ellipsoidea Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. indonesica Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. madagascariensis (A.DC.) Bakh. (1941)
Diospyros ferrea var. salomonensis Bakh. (1937)
Diospyros nigrescens (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha (1976)
Diospyros salomonensis (Bakh.) Kosterm. (1977)
Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev. (1919)
Ebenoxylum verum Lour. (1790)
Ebenus lamponga (Miq.) Kuntze (1891)
Ebenus nigrescens (Dalzell) Kuntze (1891)
Ehretia ferrea Willd. (1794)
Ferreola buxifolia (Rottb.) Roxb. (1795)
Ferreola ebenus Stokes (1812)
Ferreola guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
Maba angustifolia Miq. (1852)
Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Pers. (1807)
Maba buxifolia var. rhomboidea Ridl. (1923)
Maba cumingiana A.DC. (1844)
Maba ebenoxylon G.Don (1837)
Maba ebenus Wight (1848)
Maba egbert-walkeri (Kosterm.) F.Y.Lu, C.H.Ou, Y.T.Chen, Y.S.Chi, K.C.Lu & Y.H.Tseng (2010)
Maba ferrea (Willd.) S.S.Ying (1998)
Maba guineensis A.DC. (1844)
Maba lamponga Miq. (1861)
Maba madagascariensis A.DC. (1844)
Maba nigrescens Dalzell (1861)
Maba papuana Hiern (1909)
Maba secundiflora Hutch. (1921)
Maba smeathmannii A.DC. (1844)
Maba vacciniifolia Benth. (1849)
Pisonia buxifolia Rottb. (1783)

Uses and Culture

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Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162 (1933)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Diospyros ferrea U.S.A., Hawaii, Honolulu, Ho'omaluhia Bot. Garden, H/MLE-1, at makai edge of the Pa Launa parking lot, inside a concrete traffic island. Preserved_Specimen Treelet ca 3m tall with spreading crown, leaves dark green above, reddish hairy underneath; no flowers, fruits cylindrical, ca 1 cm long, red-orange, cupped basally by persistent calyx. Staples, G.W. 1631 Oahu BISH 2014-12-29
2 Diospyros ferrea Lyon Arboretum in main greenhouse holding area. Preserved_Specimen Small tree ca. 5 feet tall. Female tree. Shigematsu, K. 91.0006 Oahu BISH 1991-05-09
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