Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Diospyros montana
Scientific Name and Description
Diospyros montana ROXB.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Diospyros rubiginosa
Diospyros tupru
Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern
Diospyros tupru
Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | bombay ebony |
| Hindi | bistendu, dasaundu, kala dhao, kalichhal, kendu, lohar, lohari, tendu, Tendu |
| Kannada | balagani, balaguni, balagunike, balkunika, balkunike, balkuniki, belkunika, belkunike, bilaarada mara, bilgunika, bilkunika, bukkana, bulguni, jagalaganta, jagalagante, jagalaganti, jagalaganti mara, jagalugante, jaglagante, jugiaganti, juglaganti, kaadu baale kaayi, kaalu ganda, kadubalekayi, kalagonda, kalagunda, kalnandi, tendu, vankane, vankanemara |
| Malayalam | bali, malayakathi |
| Marathi | ektemry, goindu, goundhan, govimdu, govindu, lohari, tembhurni, temburni, temru, themburni, thimburni, thimru, timburni, timru |
| Sanskrit | kupilu, tumala, vayasapiluka, visamusti, vishatinduka, Tindukah |
| Tamil | karuttualisu, kuruttualisu, muchi-tanki, thumbillikai, vakkam, vakkanai, vakkanathi, vakkanattan, vellai-thuvarai, vellaittuvarai, vellaittuvarai , velvakkanai, Tumbi |
| Telugu | eddayagata, erra gatha, erragata, erragoda, gaatugaatha, gatugata, gobdigattu, gotagota, jacadakondi, jagadagondi, jagaliganti, kaakavulimidi, kakaulimera, kakavulimidi, kakiulimera, kokwolimera, makha, michatummuruur, muccitumiki, muchi-tunki, muchitanki, muchithumiki, muchitumiki, muchitunki, mullatumiki, mullatunki, mulutumilai, nallaulimeda, nallaulimera, nallaulimida, nallavulimera, nallavulimidi, nallavuliviri, nellawolimera, palbungi, poodoomaddi, pudumaddi, yerra goda, yerragadha, yerragoda, yerrigoda, Tumiki |
| Common Names | Nepal ebony, persimmon,Bombay ebony |
| Bengali | Kend |
| Oriya | Kendu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Diospyros montana Roxb.
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Bark, fruit, leaves
Application -Boils; burns; anorexia; sores; bone fracture; paralysis; joint pains; wounds; jaundice; fish poisoning
Treatment -General
References -Kshirsagar and Singh 2001, Lingaraju et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Kshirsagar and Singh 2001
Lingaraju et al. 2013
A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4 Author - GEORGE WATT
DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4 Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Diospyros montana. (2024, April 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_montana