| Green Ebony Persimmon |
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| Original date | 8/8/19 11:19 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot G15 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Diospyros chloroxylon Family: Ebenaceae (Ebony family)
Synonyms: Diospyros capitulata, Diospyros tomentosa, Diospyros insculpta
Synonyms: Diospyros capitulata, Diospyros tomentosa, Diospyros insculpta
Green Ebony Persimmon is a small tree, with bark
dark brown, peeling-off in small scales, branchlets wooly. Leaves are
simple, bright green-coloured above and paler beneath. They are
leathery and velvet-hairy on both sides. Leaves have a 5-6 mm long
leaf-stalk. Leaves are 5-8 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, elliptic or
obovate, the tip is blunt or pointed, the base is rounded and the
margins are entire. The venation of the leaf is netveined with a
prominent midrib. Flowers are small, white, borne in cymes in leaf
axils. Male flowers are borne in clusters of 4-6, whereas the female
flowers are borne singly, stalkless. Fruit is globose, size of a
cherry, purplish when ripe, is eaten and is very palatable. Green Ebony
Persimmon is found in Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu.
Medicinal uses:
Leaf paste applied to treat
surface burns. Crushed leaf along with Ankole (Alangium salvifolium)
mixed with mud applied to relieve rheumatic pain in cattle.
Medicinal uses:
Leaf paste applied to treat
surface burns. Crushed leaf along with Ankole (Alangium salvifolium)
mixed with mud applied to relieve rheumatic pain in cattle. | Identification credit: Arun Singh, N. Arun Kumar | Photographed in Khammam, Telangana & Doddaballapura, Karnataka. |
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