Diospyros compacta (Australian ebony)

Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. (1977) . 

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

Distribution and Ecology

Probably endemic to Australia, occurs in NT, Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. and central eastern Qld.. 
Altitudinal range small, usually close to sea level.
Usually grows in beach forest or monsoon forest on islands or on the mainland close to the sea.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. (1977): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/66702/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2026 January 28th . 

• 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 compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Diospyros_compacta.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 January 28th . 

• Field Ashley R, Qld Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. – "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).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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