Table 3. Morphological comparison between Diospyros borneensis Hiern and D. fecunda H. R in Notes on South-East Asian Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae, Ericales): commonly misidentified species in mainland South-East Asia

Table 3. Morphological comparison between Diospyros borneensis Hiern and D. fecunda H.R.Fletcher.
CharactersD. borneensisD. fecundaLeaf shape and sizeOblong, up to 20 cm longElliptic, up to 15 cm longLateral vein number10–14 on each side6–9 on each sideIntramarginal linePresent, continuous from leaf base to apex (Fig. 8)Not presentLateral vein colour (when dried)Conspicuously darker colour than leaf bladeNot obviously darker than leaf bladeTertiary veinsCoarsely scalariformReticulate or somewhat irregularly scalariformFruit shape and sizeGlobose, 3.5–4 × 3.5–4 cmBroadly ovoid, 3–4 × 3–4 cmFruit lobes (when mature and dried)Usually deeply splitting throughout the fruitUsually shallowly splitting, sometimes deeply splitting near the baseFruit indumentConspicuously hairy with rusty hairsSubglabrous, usually hairy near the base, hairs yellowishFruiting calyxIrregularly splitting into 3–5 lobes, 1.5–2 cm in diam.Irregularly splitting into 3–7 lobes, 1–1.5 cm in diam.Fruit stalk length1–2 cm longSubsessile, up to ca 0.5 cm longNumber of seeds8(8–)12–16