Diospyros.] lxxxviii. ebenace^e, 291 
minutely puberulous beneath, midrib and nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 
depressed above, elevate beneath; 6 to 10 in. long, 2*25 to 3-5 in, 
wide; petioles *25 to 3 in. long, stout. Male flowers in dense 
axillary cymes, 6 to 12. Calyx sub-sessile, tomentose, lobes round, 
blunt, 4. Corolla glabrous, lobes 4, broad, deep. Female flowers 
3 to 4 in a cluster. Fruit ellipsoid, black glabrous, 1 to 1-25 in. 
long, -8 in. through; calyx reflexed, broad-lobed, *35 in. across. 
Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(26) D. Wallichii King and Gamble, l.c. 220. D. undulata 
Wall, Clarke, l.c. iii. 568. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall; branchlets hairy. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or elliptic-oblong acute, base cuneate or round, pubescent 
beneath at first, midrib depressed above, strong elevate beneath; 
nerves 18 pairs, slender, elevate beneath; 8 to 14 in. long, 2*5 to 
5 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Male flowers in cymes *5 to 75 in. 
long, clustered, 7- to io-flowered. Calyx •! in. long, tubular, 
teeth 4, blunt triangular tomentose all over. Corolla -3 in. long, 
narrow tubular, tomentose without. Stamens 16 in 2 rows. 
Female flowers larger, cymes smaller. Calyx 4-angled, deep 
grooved. Fruit 1 in. through, sub-globose, deeply immersed in 
the woody 4-angled calyx. Hab. Common in forests. Malacca 
(Griffith). Selangor, Weld’s Hill; Damansara Road; Batu Caves. 
Perak, Batu Togoh (Wray); Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Penara 
Bukit; Telok Bahang (Curtis). Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Native 
names : Taring Pelandok; Sengkawas; Hitam Mati. Use : 
Fruit used in fish poisoning. 
(27) D. rigida Hiern, l.c. 257; King, l.c. 222. 
Tree up to 40 ft. tall, glabrous except cymes. Leaves very 
stiff coriaceous, oblong sub-acute, base round; nerves very faint, 
reticulations very small and conspicuous on both sides; 10 to 
18 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles *4 to -6 in. long, stout. Male 
flowers few in small black-tomentose cymes; pedicels stout, 75 in. 
long. Flowers in bud -4 in. long, and nearly -3 in. wide. Calyx 
tomentose, teeth 4, broad shallow blunt. Corolla glabrous, tube 
ovoid, lobes short, blunt. Stamens 20. Fruit depressed, globose, 
woody rind, 175 in. through, green with warm brown fur; calyx 
leathery, lobes ovate, 1*5 in. across. Hab. Perak, Larut; Thaiping 
(Wray and Kunstler). 
(28) D. oblonga Wall. Cat. 4124; King, l.c. 217. 
Tree about 30 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves large, coriaceous glabrous, 
oblong elliptic, shortly apiculate, base round or slightly narrowed; 
nerves 16 to 18 pairs, inarching, prominent beneath; 7 to 9 in. 
long, 3 to 375 in. across; petioles *4 in. long. Male flowers -5 in. 
long in short cymes. Calyx with 5 long narrow lobes. Corolla 
silky-tomentose, tube cylindric. Stamens 10, in pairs. Female 
flowers 1 to 5 together, -3 in. long. Calyx-lobes 5, deep, ovate, 
auricled. Corolla hairy outside. Fruit sub-globose or ovoid 
