Diospyros poregrina (Gaerth.) Gurke is a  flowering tree  native to India and Sri Lanka. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 8-12 mm long, stout, grooved above; lamina 13-25 x 4-7 cm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, base round, obtuse or acute, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous and shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, ...

Malayalam-Panancha

                  -Vananji

English-temburini 

Leaf of the tree contains valuable flavones.

 The pentacyclic tritrepines found in the leaves possess antimicrobial properties,while the bark shows antiyperglycemic activity.

The bark of four Diospyros species found in India has been determined to have significant antiplasmodial effects against plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria in humans.