Outer bark dark gray to dark brown, smooth to finely ridged; inner bark light colored

Leaves simple, alternate, ovate to elliptical-oblong, 6-15 cm x 2.5-6 cm, base obtuse, apex shortly acuminate, midrib pubescent above but glabrescent below, tertiary venation reticulate, prominent below

Male inflorescence : 3-9 flowered cymes, 4-merous, stamens 8; female inflorescence : 1-5 flowered cymes, 4-merous, calyx lobes densely pubescent outside, corolla divided to halfway, staminodes 4-6, ovary with a single 4-8 lobed style and 4 uni-ovulate locules.locules.

0- 100

SOIL: Fertile and well drained. ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: In mixed lauan type of tropical lowland evergreen rainforest (<400 masl), Shorea polysperma, S. almon, S. negrosensis, S. contorta, and Parashorea malaanonan; in tanguile-oak lower montane rainforest in Bukidnon, Mindanao, it is associated with Lithocarpus spp.; in eastern Mindanao lower montane rainforest - Shorea almon, S. polysperma, S. almon and Parashorea malaanonan (Fernando, et al., 2008).

Lowland primary and secondary forest

In the absence of specific propagation techniques for this species, it could propagated following procedures for its relative Diospyros blancoi SOWING. Germination media - Unsterilized garden soil + sand at 3:1 and 2:1 ratio. Seeds could be directly sown in plastic bags or pre-germinated in seedbeds at 4x3 cm spacing. Seeds could be recalcitrant like Diospyros philippinensis and therefore requires immediate sowing and short storage period. TRANSPLANTING AND CARE OF SEEDLINGS. Seedlings are transplanted in plastic bags. Many seedlings reached the outplanting age of 3 months (11cm high) and 5 to 6 months after germination (7.5 cm high). Hardening treatments included gradual exposure to full sunlight for 2 to 4 months in Bicol and reduced watering for 2 months.