*Diospyros oocarpa* Thwaites [image: Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104565205>
*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 • *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/>, retrieved 19 August 2022 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *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 ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* ❌ *kalu kadumberiya* ❌ - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) - this name is not in Kannada, but Sinhalese (කළු කැඩුම්බේරිය) ... Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants of Sri Lanka <http://instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=453&s=Family_name> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *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 ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *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 ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andaman & Nicobar islands, ***Goa, ***Karnataka, Kerala, ***Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.01; last update January 28th, 2025. Last accessed 07/02/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 17:51 19-08-2022 ¦ Last updated: 10:53 08-02-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/08/diospyros-oocarpa-thwaites.html Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > The photo illustrated for compilation of names belongs to *Diospyros > candolleana* Wight, therefore revision with replacement of photo. > Coined names (in Kannada, Konkani and Marathi) are discarded. > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/08/diospyros-oocarpa-thwaites.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Friday, 19 August 2022 at 20:03:37 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> Thanks very much Garg ji. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 6:49 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Great work, Dinesh ji >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J. M. Garg >>> >>> On Fri, 19 Aug, 2022, 5:40 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> *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* ... 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