Malagaitmon

Scientific name
Diospyros curranii
Family Name
Ebenaceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Ata-ata, Panalipan Negros
Bolong-eta Quezon
Bolong-eta Rizal
Gumunan Davao
Hinla-ata Sibuyan Island
Malagaitman; Malagaitmo; Panigitman Camarines
Malagaitman; Malagaitmo; Panigitman Sorsogon
Palo-negro Misamis
Pugaio Laguna

Conservation Status

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC

Other Threatened Species

DAO

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
1/526
2/526
3/526
4/526
5/526
6/526
7/526
8/526
9/526
10/526
11/526

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Malagaitmon can reach up to:

Height

25 m

Diameter

60 cm

bark surface fissured to scaly, black
leaves ovate-oblong to obovate-oblong, 5—20 cm 1.5—6 cm,
male flowers in 1—7-flowered cymes, 4(—5)-merous, stamens 16—18; female flowers in 1—5-flowered cymes, 4(—5)-merous
fruit globose, 1.5—2.2 cm across, glabrous
coast and from savanna and shrub forest to tropical evergreen rain forest, up to 500 m altitude.

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