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Diospyros chaetocarpa

Diospyros chaetocarpa is a tree in the ebony family, native to the wet south-western lowlands of Sri Lanka. It is a forest timber species rather than a garden plant, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Ebenaceae (Eben family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Diospyros chaetocarpa, is a tree in the ebony family, native to south western parts of Sri Lanka, where it is known as "Kalu Madiriya" in the Sinhala language. The Sinhala name "Kalu Madiriya" is also known to be used for Diospyros oppositifolia.

Other Diospyros plants

Giant Diospyros · Diospyros acapulcensis · Diospyros acris · Diospyros aculeata · Diospyros acuminata · Diospyros agnitser · Diospyros alatella · Diospyros andamanica · Diospyros apiculata · Diospyros areolata · Diospyros artanthifolia · Diospyros arupaj

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diospyros chaetocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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