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Diospyros durionoides Bakh.

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Diospyros in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 7: 169 (1933).

Borneo ebony (En). Indonesia: arang durian, arang halus daon (Kutai, Kalimantan), mirung (Dayak, Kalimantan).

Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah).

Diospyros durionoides is probably an important source of black or streaked ebony in Sabah.

A large tree up to 45 m tall, bole up to 70 cm in diameter; leaves oblong to elliptical-oblong, 7—20 cm 2.5—7 cm, base obtuse to rounded, apex short acute to obtusely acuminate, densely sericeous below when young, tertiary venation laxly reticulate, slightly prominent on both surfaces. Diospyros durionoides is a still imperfectly known species which occurs at low altitude.

[42]Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1936–1955. Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Contributions a l'Ttude de la flore des Indes NTerlandaises XXXIII. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, STrie III, 15(1–5): 1–515, 92 plates.
[77]Burgess, P.F., 1966. Timbers of Sabah. Sabah Forest Records No 6. Forest Department, Sabah, Sandakan. xviii + 501 pp.

M.S.M. Sosef

Sosef, M.S.M., 1995. Diospyros durionoides Bakh.. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerianegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2): Timber trees; Minor commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea