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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Ebenaceae

Scientific name
  
Diospyros ferrea

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Ericales

Genus
  
Diospyros

Higher classification
  
Persimmons

Diospyros ferrea Diospyros ferrea Willd Bakh

Similar
  
Persimmons, Ebenaceae, Diospyros maritima, Diospyros buxifolia, Podocarpus costalis

Diospyros ferrea


Diospyros ferrea, known as Black ebony, is a tree in the Ebony family, distributed in Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Laos (Khammouan).

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Common names

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  • Philippines - batulinau
  • Indonesia - bibisan, ai meten, wawama
  • Sri Lanka - Hik-ul-Haenda
  • French - ngavi du fourré littoral (‘ngavi’ of littoral thickets, Aubréville).
  • West African - GHANA ADANGME gblεt∫o (FRI) NIGERIA HAUSA kas kawami (KO&S) YORUBA paroko (KO&S) SENEGAL DIOLA (Bayot) é tikuñi (JB) MANDING-MANINKA ko gélin ko: tree (JB) WOLOF sélah (JB)

    • Distribution

    Diospyros ferrea Diospyros ferrea Useful Tropical Plants

    From West Africa to India, Indo-China, north to the Ryukyu Islands, east to the Malesian area, Australia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

    Uses

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    D. ferrea is reported to be an important source of black ebony, but this is doubtful because of the unsatisfactory taxonomy of the group involved.

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    References

    Diospyros ferrea Wikipedia
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