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Diospyros ferrea
As recorded: Diospyros buxifolia Thouars
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Ebenaceae
- Collected by
- (Not on sheet)
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Locality
- Ceylon.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Diospyros ferrea observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 116 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-19.

2026-09-19
Tnhb Flats, 343-354, near Selliyamman Nagar, Sanatorium, Mummurti Nagar, Chromepet, Chennai, Tambaram Sanatorium, Tamil Nadu 600047, India
(c) Lakshman Rammohan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-12
Taiwan, TW
(c) 如此甚好, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-07-06
Taiwan, TW
(c) ssnp208, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-20
Fujian, TW
(c) 陳秀敏, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-17
Taiwan, TW
(c) yating, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-17
Taiwan, TW
(c) yating, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Diospyros ferrea. BISH 139019. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956552851. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/139019.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956552851 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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