Diospyros montana

Bombay ebony
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ebenaceae
Genus:	Diospyros
Species:	D. montana
Binomial name
	Diospyros montana; Roxb.
Synonyms
	Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern;

Diospyros montana, the Bombay ebony,^[2] is a small deciduous tree in the ebony family up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, distributed all along the Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China through to Australia.^[3]^[4]

Common names

English – Mountain persimmon, mottled ebony
Malayalam – Manjakara, Nanchimaram, Bali, Malayakathitholi
Tamil – Karunthuvalisu, Vakanai, Vakkanatthi
Other Indian – Bistendu, Jagalkanti, Manjakara, Bankini, Vakkanai, Malayakathitholi
Vietnamese - thị da đen