Diospyros laurina (Australian brown ebony)

Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup (2014 December 3) . 
(Synonym since ca. 2014 December 3: Diospyros cupulosa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (1867) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. and central eastern Qld.. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 800 m.
Grows in a variety of rain forest types but often found in drier rain forest.
Also occurs in Papua New Guinea.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup (2014 December 3): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/3427447/api/apni-format .
Synonym since ca. 2014 December 3: Diospyros cupulosa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (1867): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/66741/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2026 January 29th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Diospyros_laurina.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 January 29th .

• Field Ashley R, Qld Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Diospyros laurina (R.Br.) Jessup – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" . 
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 154 (–156) as Diospyros cupulosa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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