Diospyros daemona

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=Diospyros daemona |volume=1998 |page=e.T31453A9635777 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31453A9635777.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Diospyros

| species = daemona

| authority = Bakh.

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Diospyros daemona is a tree in the family Ebenaceae. It grows up to {{convert|20|m|-1}} tall. The twigs dry greyish. Inflorescences bear up to 10 flowers. The fruits are roundish, drying black, up to {{convert|6|cm|0|abbr=on}} in diameter. The specific epithet {{lang|la|daemona}} is from the Latin meaning 'demon', referring to the poisonous fruit. D. daemona is found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

References

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{{Cite web | title = Diospyros daemona Bakh. | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2769601 | work = The Plant List | accessdate = 6 January 2014}}

{{Cite book | last1 = Ng | first1 = Francis S.P. | date = April 2002 | contribution = Diospyros daemona Bakh. | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 4 | pages = 54 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-27-5 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 6 January 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | title = Diospyros daemona | url = http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=383884 | publisher= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | accessdate = 6 January 2014}}

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daemona

Category:Plants described in 1933

Category:Trees of Sumatra

Category:Trees of Peninsular Malaysia

Category:Trees of Borneo

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