*Diospyros oocarpa* Thwaites [image: Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites] *dy-oh-SPY-ros* or *dy-oh-SPEE-ros* -- wheat (fruit) of the gods ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Diospyros> *oo-oh-KAR-puh* -- egg-shaped fruit ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=oocarpa>
*commonly known as*: Andamans marblewood, egg-fruited ebony, zebrawood • *Kannada*: ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara • *Konkani*: ತಾಂತಿಂರೂಪ್ ಬೀಟ್ तांतिरूप् बीट् tantirup beet • *Malayalam*: കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali • *Tamil*: சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram, வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali *botanical names*: *Diospyros oocarpa* Thwaites ... *synonyms*: no known synonyms ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322808-1> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *Andamans marblewood, zebrawood* - Timbers of the World <http://archive.org/stream/manualofthetimbe030145mbp#page/n339/mode/2up> *egg-fruited ebony* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ *ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara* - name given for want of name - ಸ೦ಗಮರಿ ಮರ sangamari mara - name borrowed from the popular commercial name - marblewood; refers to the graining and texture of wood ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ *ತಾಂತಿಂರೂಪ್ ಬೀಟ್ तांतिरूप् बीट् tantirup beet* - name given for want of name - ತಾಂತಂರೂಪ್ tantirup = form of egg (egg-like); ಬೀಟ್ beet = ebony fruit ... name coined from the descriptive epithet *oocarpa* ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *दक्षिणी आबनूस dakshini aabnus* - name given for want of name - दक्षिणी dakshini = southern; आबनूस aabnus = ebony ... named so for its restricted distribution in Western Ghats of southern India and Sri Lanka ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ *കരിങ്കാളി karinkaali, കരുങ്ങാലി karungngaali* - Many thanks to Vinaya Raj for help with these names sought from *Plant Dictionary in Malayalam* by Prof. Mathew Thamarakkad and Dr. M Ramesh ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *சிதேக்கதிரம் cite-k-katiram* - for *egg-fruited ebony* ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras *வெள்ளைக்கருங்காலி vellai-k-karunkali* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/08/diospyros-oocarpa-thwaites.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2_9NLooCUt7VTmhziQH7Mpe9v1kVmbWLJV%3DJjjo_zjGA%40mail.gmail.com.
