Family – Ebenaceae – 2 genera in Sri Lanka
- EBENACEAE
78.01. DIOSPYROS L.
D.acuminata (Thw.) Kosterm. [Maba acuminata (Thw.) Hiern.]
D.acuta Thw.
D.affinisThw. S:kalu-wella, kalu-welle T:semelpanachai
D.albinora Alston [Diospyros embryopteris var. nen’osa Thw.]
D.atrata Alston [Diospyros embryopteris var. atrata Thw.]
D.attenuata Thw. S:kadumberiya
D.chaetocarpa Kosterm. [Maba ovalifolia (Thw.) Hiem.] S:kalu-mediriya
D.crumenata Thw.
D.discolor Willd.* E:Mabola tree, velvet apple
D.ebenoides Kosterm. [Maba buxifolia var. ebemts Thw.] S:kalu-habaraliya T:irumpalai, juwarai
D.ebenum Koenig E:ebony S:kalu-wara T.karunkali
D.hirsuta L. f.
D.insignis Thw. S:gona, porawa-mara,wal-mediriya var. parvifolia Kosterm.
D.koenigii Kosterm.
D.malabarica (Desr.) Kostel. [Diospyros embryopteris Pers.] E:Gaub persimmon S:timbiri T:panichchai
D.melanoxylon Roxb. S.kadumberiya
D.montana Roxb. [Diospyros ebenum Retz.] T:katukanni, mulkarunkali, vakkana, vakkanni
D.moonii Thw. S.kadumberiya, kaluwella
D.nummulariifolia Kosterm. [Maba buxifolia var. microphylla Thw.]
D.oblongifolia (Thw.) Kosterm. [Maba oblongifolia (Thw.) Hiern.]
D.oocarpa Thw. S:ela-timbiri, kalu-kadumberiya T:vellai-karunkkali
D.opaca Clarke
D.oppositifolia Thw. S.kalu-mediriya, kudumberiya
D.ovalifolia Wight S:habara, kunumella T:vedukkanari, vedukunari
D.pemadasai Jayasuriya
D.quaesita Thw. E.calamander; S.kalu-mediriya
D.racemosa Roxb. [Diospyros toposia Ham.] S:kahakala, kaluwelle T:vellai thoverii
D.rheophytica Kosterm. [Maba buxifolia var. angustifolia Thw.]
D.sylvatica Roxb. S:sudu-kadumberiya T:karruppu-thoveria
D.thwaitesii Beddome S:kadumberiya
D.trichophylla Alston [Diospyros pruriens (non Dalz.) Thw.]
D.walkeri (Wight) Guerke [Diospyros gardneri Thw.] E:bastard ebony ; S:kudumberiya, kallu, kaluwelle
78.02. MABA J. R. & J. G. A. Forst.
M.buxifolia (Rottb.) Juss. [Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.]
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
