Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Diospyros melanoxylon
Scientific Name and Description
Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb
Diospyros exsculpta Beddome
Diospyros tupru Buch.-Ham
Diospyros wightiana A.DC.
Diospyros exsculpta Beddome
Diospyros tupru Buch.-Ham
Diospyros wightiana A.DC.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Diospyros dubia Wall. ex A.DC.
Diospyros exsculpta Bedd.
Diospyros exsculpta Dalzell & Gibson
Diospyros montana B.Heyne ex A.DC.
Diospyros roylei Wall. ex A.DC.
Diospyros rubiginosa Roth
Diospyros tupru Buch.-Ham.
Diospyros wightiana Wall. nom. inval.
Diospyros exsculpta Bedd.
Diospyros exsculpta Dalzell & Gibson
Diospyros montana B.Heyne ex A.DC.
Diospyros roylei Wall. ex A.DC.
Diospyros rubiginosa Roth
Diospyros tupru Buch.-Ham.
Diospyros wightiana Wall. nom. inval.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Tendu, abnus, biri-patta, kendu, makartendua, temru, tenda, tendu, tendu-patta, timbarana, timbarna, timru |
| Bengali | Kend |
| Sanskrit | Tindukah, dirghapatraka, jalaja, kakabijaka, kakada, kakapiluka, kakasphurja, kakatindu, kakatinduka, kakavha, kakendu, kakenduka, kenduka, kulaka, kupilu, tinduka, tinduki, tumvuru |
| Malayalam | Kari |
| Tamil | Karai, beedi elai, catukama, catukamacceti, karai, karumdumbi, karun thumbi, karundumbi, karungali, karunkali, karunthumbi, karuntumpai , karuntumpi, karupputumbi, thumbi, tumbi, tumbili, tummi, tumpili |
| Telugu | Mancigata, beedi aaku, beedi aku, damadi, gike, manchi tumiki, manchigata, manchighata, mancigata, manjigata, nallathumiki, nallatumiki, tellagada, thellagada, thumida, thumiki, thumki, thummika, thuniki, timmurri, toomida, tuki, tumbi, tumi, tumida, tumiki, tumikka, tumki, tummada, tummi, tummida, tummika, tummiki, tummikia, tumri, tuniki, tunki |
| Kannada | abanaashi, abanasi, aenne, aennemara, annathammana mara, balai, bale, bansampa, beediyele mara, bilara, billaaradamara, challaane, chirathinjali, dhuma, duparasu, gandu anne mara, googe, googe mara, guggala, kallapaini, kari, mallali, maradenne, thoobara, thoopra, thumbarashi, thumbri, tumari, tumburasu, tupra |
| Marathi | kaakathembhurni, kakatembhurni, tembiri, temru, tendu, thaamruja, themru, thendu, thimburni, thumri, timburni, tumri |
| Common Names | Coromandel ebony, East Indian ebony |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Leaves, flower, seed, root, bark, fruit
Application -Urinary disorders; wound; asthma; bronchitis; chest pain; antimicrobial; diuretic; skin diseases; boils; diarrhoea; laxative; anti inflammation
Treatment -General
References -Kumar et al. 2007, Rao et al. 2006, Ratnam and Raju 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar et al. 2007
Rao et al. 2006
Ratnam and Raju 2008
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Diospyros melanoxylon. (2024, June 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_melanoxylon