Ebenaceae
Ebony
Diospyros ebenum
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- خرمال أبنوسي
- arz
- خرمال ابنوسى
- Bulgarian
- Абаносово дърво, Абанос, Индийски абанос
- Chinese
- 乌木
- Danish
- Sort Ibenholt
- English
- Ebony, Indian ebony, Ceylon ebony
- Esperanto
- Ebona diospiro, Ebonarbo
- Estonian
- Must eebenipuu, Eebenidiospüür, Tseiloni eebenipuu
- Finnish
- Ceylonineebenpuu
- Galician
- Ébano
- Hebrew
- הובנה, אבוני, הובנה הודי, הובנה סרי לנקה, עץ שחור
- hsb
- Prawy ebenowc
- Hungarian
- Ceyloni ében
- Japanese
- コクタン
- Korean
- 흑단나무
- Lithuanian
- Ceiloninis juodmedis
- Persian
- آبنوس
- Polish
- Hurma hebanowa
- Russian
- Хурма эбеновая, Цейлонское эбеновое дерево, Черное дерево Цейлона, Черное эбеновое дерево, Чёрное дерево Цейлона, Чёрное эбеновое дерево
- Spanish
- Maguacata
- Tamil
- வெள்ளைத்துவரை
Synonyms
- Diospyros assimilis Bedd.
- Diospyros glaberrima Rottler
- Diospyros laurifolia A.Rich.
- Diospyros melanoxylon Willd.
- Diospyros membranacea A.DC.
- Diospyros reticulata var. timoriana A.DC.
- Diospyros timoriana (A.DC.) Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Suhel Quader, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MediaJet, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gihan Jayaweera, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lukas Koch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philg88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shijan Kaakkara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shijan Kaakkara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.