Diospyros discolor A. DC.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Velvet apple, Butter fruit |
| Family Name : | Ebenaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Diospyros discolor |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | None |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | Taiwan |
Uses
A decoction of the young leaves is used as a treatment for hypertension, heart ailments and diabetes. The juice of unripe fruit is astringent. It is used as a wash for wounds.
Description
Large, evergreen, dioecious trees up to 30m in height. Braches initially pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, galbrous above, pubescent below, base obtuse, rounded or subcordate, apex sharp or rarely obtuse, margin revolute. Male flowers in axillary cymose inflorescences. Female flowers solitary, hairy flower. Flowers yellowish-green in colour. Fruit a berry, globose, lightly flattened, densely reddish hairy, reddish when ripe with whitish pulp.
