Diospyros andamanica is a tree in the family Ebenaceae.
Description Diospyros andamanica grows up to tall. The twigs are rusty brown or blackish. The inflorescences bear up to 30 or more flowers. The fruits are roundish to ellipsoid, up to in diameter.
Taxonomy Diospyros andamanica was first described in 1870 as Macreightia andamanica by German botanist Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz in the Report on the Vegetation of the Andaman Islands. In 1937, the Dutch botanist Reinier van den Brink transferred the species to the genus Diospyros. The syntypes were collected in the Andaman Islands. The species is named after the Andaman Islands.
Distribution and habitat Diospyros andamanica is native to the Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Thailand. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea level to altitude.
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