Diospyros atrata
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| Diospyros atrata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Diospyros |
| Species: | D. atrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Diospyros atrata (Thw.), Alston | |
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Diospyros atrata is a tree in the family Ebenaceae. It commonly grows to 25 metres tall. The plant can be seen in subcanopy trees in medium elevation wet evergreen forests between 1000 and 1400 m in Western Ghats- South Sahyadri, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu in India and from Kandy district in Sri Lanka
Common names include "Kalu Kenda" in Sinhala language, and "Gusvakendu" in Tamil.