Diospyros candolleana, is a tree in the Ebony family, endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

The bark of D. candolleana is smooth, dark, and blaze-reddish in color.

Leaves are simple, alternate, distichous; petioles are 0.6-1.1 cm long and canaliculate.

Inflorescence of Male flowers show axillary clusters on very short tubercles, silky tomentose; and female flowers are sessile, in axillary clusters.

A decoction of root-bark is used in rheumatism and swellings in traditional medicine.