Fabaceae
African blackwood
Dalbergia melanoxylon
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Dalbergia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Afrikaans
- Sebrahout
- Arabic
- ساسم أسود الخشب
- arz
- ساسم اسود الخشب
- Chinese
- 東非黑黃檀, 非洲黑木黃檀, 非洲黑木黄檀, 东非黑黄檀, 乌木黄檀, 非洲黑木
- Czech
- Mosambický eben
- Dutch
- M'pingo
- English
- African blackwood, Mozambique ebony, Grenadilla, Mpingo
- French
- Grenadille d'Afrique, Grenadille du Mozambique, Ébène du Mozambique, Ébène du Sénégal
- German
- Grenadill
- Hausa
- Kokara
- Hebrew
- סיסם אפריקאי, גרנדילה
- Hungarian
- Grenadilfa
- Icelandic
- Afrískur svartviður
- Japanese
- アフリカン・ブラックウッド
- Korean
- 아프리칸흑단
- lah
- افریکن بلیکوڈ
- Portuguese
- Mpingo
- Russian
- Дальбергия чернодревесная, Дальбергия меланоксилон
- Spanish
- Ébano de Mozambique
- Swahili
- Mpingo
- Swedish
- Grenadilla
Synonyms
- Amerimnon melanoxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Kuntze
- Amerimnon stocksii (Benth.) Kuntze
- Dalbergia stocksii Benth.
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Malcolm Manners from Lakeland FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Piet Grobler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Piet Grobler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.