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, Laos (Khammouan) and Taiwan (Hengchun Peninsula and Orchid Island).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Diospyros |
| Species: | D. ferrea |
| Binomial name | |
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| Synonyms | |
Common names
- Chinese - 象牙树 (literally "Ivory Tree")
- Philippines - batulinau
- Indonesia - bibisan, ai meten, wawama
- Sri Lanka - Hik-ul-Haenda
- Viet Nam - trandung
- 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
From West Africa to India, Indo-China, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Southern Japan), east to the Malesian area, Australia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
Uses
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.
Gallery
Plant, slow growth, dark green leaves, dioecious
Black bark and heartwood
Cracked bark shape
New branches
References
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- Lemmens, R.H.M.J.; Soerianegara, I.; Wong, W.C., eds. (1995). Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Vol. 5. Leiden, the Netherlands: Backhuys Publishers. pp. 193–194.
External resources
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Diospyros ferrea". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
- https://archive.today/20130707154040/http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/print.jsp?rno=950
- http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/2_11
- http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/d/diofe/diofe_en.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053115/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/scientific-names/360-diospyros-ferrea
- https://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/species/508%20001%2004%200
- https://kmweb.coa.gov.tw/theme_data.php?theme=plant_illustration&id=555
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