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The sap wood of Diospyros ebenum is light-yellowish gray, with a glossy-black core occasionally containing light fibers. The wood also has metallic gloss with fine, smooth texture whose grains can be straight, a bit chaotically organized and wavy. Sawn block of Diospyros ebenum. In Sri Lanka, it is illegal to harvest and sell ebony wood.
Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics , with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark timber, are commonly known as ebony trees, while others are valued for their fruit and known as persimmon ...
Diospyros ebenoides Kosterm. Diospyros ebenum J.Koenig ex Retz. – Ceylon ebony, India ebony, "ebony" Diospyros eburnea Bakh. Diospyros egleri Pires & Cavalc. Diospyros egrettarum I.Richardson; Diospyros ehretioides Wall. ex G.Don; Diospyros ekodul B.Walln. Diospyros elegans C.B.Clarke; Diospyros elephasii Lecomte; Diospyros elliotii (Hiern) F ...
Species of ebony include Diospyros ebenum (Ceylon ebony), native to southern India and Sri Lanka; D. crassiflora (Gabon ebony), native to western Africa; D. humilis (Queensland ebony), native to Queensland, the Northern Territory, New Guinea and Timor; and D. celebica (Sulawesi ebony), native to Indonesia and prized for its luxuriant, multi-colored wood grain.
Diospyros: ebony and persimmons; Diospyros digyna: black sapote Ebenaceae (ebony family) Diospyros ebenum: ebony; Indian ebony Ebenaceae (ebony family) Diospyros kaki: kaki; Japanese persimmon Ebenaceae (ebony family) Diospyros texana: Texas persimmon Ebenaceae (ebony family) Diospyros virginiana: American persimmon; eastern persimmon Ebenaceae ...
Ebony (Diospyros) Andaman marblewood (Diospyros kurzii) Ebène marbre (Diospyros melanida) African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora) [5] Ceylon ebony (Diospyros ebenum) Rare Brown (Rareay Brownibium) Elm. American elm (Ulmus americana) English elm (Ulmus procera) Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii) Slippery elm, red elm (Ulmus rubra) Wych elm (Ulmus glabra ...
LG = language: (L)atin or (G)reek L = derived from Latin, or both Classical Latin and Greek (unless otherwise noted) G = derived from Greek H = listed by Harrison, and (except as noted) by Bayton
Predominant species are Manilkara hexandra, Mimusops elengi, Ceylon ebony (Diospyros ebenum), strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica), Eugenia spp., Drypetes sepiaria, and Flacourtia indica. [ 1 ] Across 75 sites of tropical dry evergreen forests, one study enumerated 149 woody plant species, including 102 trees, 47 lianas, and 3 herbs, with the ...