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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 66
- Scientific Name: Diospyros ebenum Vahl
- Family: Ebenaceae
- Trade Name: Ebony
- Common Name: Karimaram
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: കരിമരം
- Native: South India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Specimen from: Aramba, Kallar Range (Achenkovil)
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Date of Collection: Friday, February 14, 1986
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat, K. V. Bhat & P. K. Thulasidas
- General Characteristics: Evergreen dioecious trees, to 15 m high, bark black or grey-black, rough. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers unisexual, subsessile, greenish-yellow.Fruit a berry.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are indistinct.Vessels Diffuse porous, small, few to moderately few, solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3; filled with brownish-black or black gum.Rays are Very fine, closely spaced.
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