Diospyros ferrea

Diospyros ferrea
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species: D. ferrea
Binomial name
Diospyros ferrea
(Willd.) Bakh.
Synonyms
  • Ehretia ferrea Willd.
  • Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia (Rottb.) Bakh.
  • Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Juss.
  • Pisonia buxifolia Rottb.

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).

Common names

Distribution

From West Africa to India, Indo-China, north to the Ryukyu Islands, 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.

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