''Diospyros oocarpa'', is a tree in the
Ebony family, native to Central and North Malanad of Central
Sahyadri of
Western Ghats and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Sometimes, it is classified as a synonym of ''
Diospyros marmorata''.
Common names
* Tamil: Vellai karankali,
* Sinhala: Kalu-kadumberiya (කලු කැඩුම්බේරිය)
* Malayalam: Karunkali
Ecology
Trees can be from
canopy
Canopy may refer to:
Plants
* Canopy (biology), aboveground portion of plant community or crop (including forests)
* Canopy (grape), aboveground portion of grapes
Religion and ceremonies
* Baldachin or canopy of state, typically placed over an a ...
to
subcanopy
In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.
In forest ecology, canopy also refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns an ...
in
evergreen forests
An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, Live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zon ...
, up to .
References
External links
Indiabiodiversity.orgPlants.jstor.orgUses.planetnet-project.org
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oocarpa
Flora of Sri Lanka