Category: D

Dysoxylum malabaricum Beddome ex Hiern (MELIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Bili agilu. Description: Trees, 30-40 m tall; bark grey with white warts. Leaves imparipinnate, 30-35 cm long; leaf rachis up to 35 cm long; leaflets 4-5 pairs, elliptic-oblong, 5-23 x 4-8 cm; secondary nerves 10-20 on each side. Flowers in 10-20 cm long axillary panicles, crowded near…

Dysoxylum binectariferum (Roxb.) Hook. f. ex Beddome (MELIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Kadu gandha.Tamil: Agurivagil, Cambil. Description: Evergreen trees up to 30 m tall; young parts and inflorescences minutely pubescent. Leaves pinnately compound, alternate, up to 75 cm long; leaflets 6-8, alternate or subopposite, elliptic-oblong up to 17 x 8 cm, acute at base, acuminate at apex,…

Dimocarpus longan Lour. Nephelium longana (Lam.) Camb. (SAPINDACEAE) Common namesKannada: Kendala, Kanakindeli.Malayalam: Psakotta.Tamil: Kattapuvan, Puvatti, Sakattai. Description: The trees can grow up to 12 meters in height. Their leaves are arranged alternately in a paripinnate pattern, reaching lengths of up to 45 cm. The leaflets are elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, measuring up to 20 by 8…

Dipterocarpus indicus Beddome (DIPTEROCARPACEAE) Common names:Kannada: Banasampa, Challenne, Dhuma, Guga, Kallenne, Yenne.Tamil: Ennei mara.Malayalam: Kal payin, Velayini. Description: Evergreen trees, ca 40 m tall. Leaves alternate, ovate or elliptic, ca 18 x 8 cm, entire, rounded at base, acute at apex. Stipules large, softly tomentose, covering terminal bud, caducous. Flowers in 3-8-flowered racemes, white, fragrant.…

Dichapetalum gelonioides (Roxb.) Engl. subsp. gelonioides Leenh. (DICHAPETALACEAE) Description: Small trees or shrubs, up to 12 m tall; branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic, 5-12 x 2-4.5 cm, acute at base, long- acuminate or caudate at apex, glabrous. Inflorescence of 7-10 flowers in axillary clusters. Sepals 5, unequal, ovate-elliptic, obtuse connate at base. Petals 5, oblong, deeply…

Diospyros pruriens Dalz. (EBENACEAE) Description: The trees can reach heights of up to 12 meters. Young parts of the trees are covered in fine hair (hirsute). The leaves are arranged alternately and are oblong-lanceolate, measuring up to 15 by 6.5 cm, with a subcordate base and an acuminate apex. Both the margins and midrib of…

Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel. (EBENACEAE) Common namesSanskrit: Anilsra.Kannada: Hole thumiri.Tulu: Bandada mara.Tamil: Tumbika, Kattatti.Malayalam: Panachi, Vanaji.Telugu: Elosu. Description: The trees can grow up to 12 meters in height, characterized by wide-spreading branches, with smooth, dark grey bark. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, up to 19 x 6.5 cm, acute at base, obtuse or acute at apex, coriaceous.…

Diospyros ebenum Koenig (EBENACEAE) Common namesKannada: Balemara, Karimara.Malayalam: Karu, Misha tumpi.Tamil: Acha, Thumbe.Telugu: Nalluti, Tumiki. Description: The trees can reach heights of up to 15 meters. Their bark is finely longitudinally cracked and typically dark grey. The leaves are arranged alternately, elliptic to oblong, measuring up to 16 by 5.5 cm, with bases that are…

Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) var. neilgherrensis (Wight) Bakh. (EBENACEAE) Description: Trees, up to 10 m tall; young parts hirsute; bark smooth, greyish brown. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, 2.5-5 x 1-2 cm, narrowed at base, acuminate usually obtusely at apex, chartaceous. Flowers unisexual, 3-merous. Calyx campanulate, lobes 3, short, triangular. Corolla campanulate, lobes 3, oblong. Male flowers: 1-3…

Diospyros candolleana Wight (EBENACEAE) COMMON NAMESanskrit: Nila viruksha.Kannada: Kari mara.Tamil: Kari maram.Malayalam: Kari.Telugu: Jagala ganti. Description: Trees, up to 15 m tall; branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate, oblong, up to 15 x 5.5 cm, narrowed or rounded at base, blunty acuminate at apex. Inflorescence of axillary clusters on short tubercles. Flowers unisexual, 5-merous, tawny silky-tomentose, Calyx…