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** Ceylon ebony ( Diospyros ebenum )
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** Chloroxylon swietenia, Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood
** and ebony
** Logs of blackwood from Africa ( referred to as ebony by the Egyptians )
** and Diospyros
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** African Ebony ( Diospyros mespiliformis )
** Black Ebony, Gaboon Ebony ( Diospyros dendo )
** Black-and-white Ebony, Pale Moon Ebony ( Diospyros malabarica )
** Makassar Ebony ( Diospyros celebica )
** Coromandel Ebony ( Diospyros melanoxylon )
** Mauritius Ebony ( Diospyros tessellaria )
** Mun Ebony ( Diospyros mun )
** Myrtle Ebony ( Diospyros pentamera )
** New Guinea Ebony ( Diospyros insularis )
** Queensland Ebony ( Diospyros humilis )
** Red-fruited Ebony ( Diospyros mabacea )
Ceylon and ebony
Species of ebony include Diospyros ebenum ( Ceylon ebony ), native to southern India and Sri Lanka ; Diospyros crassiflora ( Gaboon ebony ), native to western Africa ; and Diospyros celebica ( Makassar ebony ), native to Indonesia and prized for its luxuriant, multi-colored wood grain.
Elephant carvings from Ceylon, made from ebony.
Ebony include several species in the genus Diospyros, include Diospyros ebenum ( Ceylon ebony ), native to southern India and Sri Lanka ; Diospyros crassiflora ( Gaboon ebony ), native to western Africa ; and Diospyros celebica ( Macassar ebony ), native to Indonesia and prized for its luxuriant, multi-colored wood grain.
Ceylon and Diospyros
Predominant species are Manilkara hexandra, Mimusops elengi, Ceylon Ebony ( Diospyros ebenum ), Strychnine tree ( Strychnos nux-vomica ), Eugenia spp., Drypetes sepiaria, and Flacourtia indica.
ebony and Diospyros
Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and certain species of Diospyros are the sources of most kinds of ebony wood, and not all species bear edible fruit.
Ebony is a dense black wood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, but ebony may also refer to other heavy, black ( or dark colored ) woods from unrelated species.
Mauritius ebony, Diospyros tesselaria, was largely exploited by the Dutch in the 17th century.
Some species in the genus Diospyros yield an ebony with similar physical properties, but striped rather than evenly black ( Diospyros ebenum ).
In this case likely Gaboon ebony ( Diospyros crassiflora )
Image: Macassar-Ebenholz. jpg | Ebony Diospyros ebenum, striped ebony
Certain species of Diospyros are the sources of most kinds of ebony wood, and not all species bear an edible fruit.
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