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Diospyros atrata

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Diospyros atrata
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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
Synonyms
  • Diospyros embryopteris Pers.
  • var. atrata Thw.

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.

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