On critical analysis and taxonomic evaluation, Diospyros pyrrhocarpoides B.R. Ramesh & De Franceschi is resolved to be only Diospyros ridleyi Bakh., and the former is reduced to a synonym of the latter. The contemporary report of the occurrence of D. pyrrhocarpa Miq. and D. crumenata Thwaites in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands is shown to be erroneous.

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Vasudeva Rao, M. K. (2007). Critical notes on Diospyros pyrrhocarpoides (Ebenaceae). Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 52(2), 331–334.