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Diospyros confertiflora
kayu arang
Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka. Medium tree to 27m and 1.3m girth.
Separate male and female flowers, fruit a berry with fibrous to fleshy
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Diospyros diepenhorstii
kayu arang
Malaya, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines. Uncommon, scattered
in lowland forest. Small tree to 17m. Separate male and female flowers,
fruit a berry with fibrous to fleshy pericarp. |
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Diospyros discolor
buah mentega
Native to Philippines. Twigs velvety, Occasionally cultivated in Malaya
for edible fruits. Separate male and female flowers, fruit a berry
with fibrous to fleshy pericarp. (Lat. having many colours). |
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Diospiros sp.
kayu arang, buey, tuba buah
70 spp. in Malaya, in all habitats exc. mangroves. An extraordinary 22 spp. endemic, this one not yet described. Fruits of several used as fish poison. |
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  Diospiros sp (ismailii?)
kayu arang, buey, tuba buah
Trees without latex, black bark; terminalia like Myristicaceae, but no red sap in bark. >70 spp in Malaya, many endemic. Some w edible fruit, berry w fibrous-fleshy pericarp.
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Diospiros 'kluang'
kayu arang, buey, tuba buah
70 spp. in Malaya, in all habitats exc. mangroves. An extraordinary 22 spp endemic, this sp. as yet undescribed. Fruits of several used as fish poison. |
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