Diospyros ferrea

Diospyros ferrea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species: Diospyros ferrea

Name

Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh., Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162 (1933).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ebenoxylum verum Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 613 (1790).
  • Ferreola buxifolia (Rottb.) Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 35 (1795).
  • Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 606 (1807).
  • Ferreola ebenus Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 556 (1812).
  • Ferreola guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 448 (1827).
  • Maba ebenoxylon G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 43 (1837), nom. superfl.
  • Maba cumingiana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 241 (1844).
  • Maba guineensis A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 241 (1844).
  • Maba madagascariensis A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 241 (1844).
  • Maba smeathmannii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 241 (1844).
  • Maba ebenus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1228 (1848), nom. illeg.
  • Maba vacciniifolia Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 442 (1849).
  • Maba angustifolia Miq., Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 5: 13 (1852).
  • Maba lamponga Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 584 (1861).
  • Maba nigrescens Dalzell in N.A.Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bombay Fl.: 142 (1861).
  • Ebenus lamponga (Miq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 408 (1891).
  • Ebenus nigrescens (Dalzell) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 408 (1891).
  • Maba papuana Hiern, Nova Guinea 8: 199 (1909).
  • Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev., Cat. Pl. Jard. Bot. Saigon: 31 (1919), non E.W.Berry (1911), fossil name.
  • Maba secundiflora Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 384 (1921).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. angustifolia (Miq.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 57 (1937).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. aroeensis Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 57 (1937).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia (Rottb.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 57 (1937).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. salomonensis Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 57 (1937).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. angustata Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 433 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. buxoides Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 432 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. ellipsoidea Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 433 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. globosa Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 433 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 433 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. indonesica Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 433 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 434 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 434 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea var. madagascariensis (A.DC.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 432 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. oblanceolata Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 432 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. oblonga Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 432 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. oblongata Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 434 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. obovata Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 434 (1941).
  • Diospyros ferrea f. subelliptica Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 15: 432 (1941).
  • Diospyros nigrescens (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha in C.J.Saldanha & D.H. Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Distr.: 197 (1976).
  • Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm., Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 12: 106 (1977), nom. illeg.
  • Diospyros egbert-walkeri Kosterm., Blumea 23: 457 (1977).
  • Diospyros salomonensis (Bakh.) Kosterm., Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 12: 100 (1977).
  • Maba ferrea (Willd.) S.S.Ying, Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 6: 38 (1998).
  • Maba egbert-walkeri (Kosterm.) F.Y.Lu, C.H.Ou, Y.T.Chen, Y.S.Chi, K.C.Lu & Y.H.Tseng, Trees Taiwan 3: 69 (2010).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Angola; Benin; Burkina; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Mali; Mozambique; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania; Zare; Zimbabwe Continental:Asie Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; India; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; New Guinea; Philippines; Santa Cruz Is.; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Vanuatu; Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bakhuizen, R.C., 1933. Gardens' Bulletin. Straits Settlements 7: 162.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Diospyros ferrea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 07. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Diospyros ferrea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Diospyros ferrea. Published online. Accessed: Apr 07 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Diospyros ferrea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names

日本語: ヤエヤマコクタン
മലയാളം: இறும்பிலி
svenska: Diospyros vera
中文: 象牙树

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