Ebenaceae
Black ebony
Diospyros ferrea
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 象牙柿, 象牙树, 乌皮石柃, 烏皮石柃, 琉球黑檀, 象牙樹
- English
- Black ebony
- Japanese
- ヤエヤマコクタン, 八重山黒檀
- Odia
- ଗୁଆକୋଳି
- Tamil
- இறும்பிலி
- Thai
- ลำบิดทะเล
Synonyms
- Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm.
- Diospyros egbert-walkeri Kosterm.
- Diospyros ferrea f. angustata Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. globosa Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. oblanceolata Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. oblonga Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. oblongata Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. obovata Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea f. subelliptica Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. angustifolia (Miq.) Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. angustifolia (Miq.) M.Mohanan
- Diospyros ferrea var. aroeensis Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia (Rottb.) Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. buxoides Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. ellipsoidea Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. indonesica Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. lamponga (Miq.) Bakh.
- Diospyros ferrea var. salomonensis Bakh.
- Diospyros nigrescens (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha
- Diospyros salomonensis (Bakh.) Kosterm.
- Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev.
- Ebenoxylum verum Lour.
- Ebenus lamponga (Miq.) Kuntze
- Ebenus nigrescens (Dalzell) Kuntze
- Ehretia ferrea Willd.
- Ferreola buxifolia (Rottb.) Roxb.
- Ferreola ebenus Stokes
- Maba angustifolia Miq.
- Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Pers.
- Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Juss.
- Maba buxifolia var. rhomboidea Ridl.
- Maba caningiana A.DC.
- Maba cumingiana A.DC.
- Maba ebenoxylon G.Don
- Maba ebenus Wight
- Maba egbert-walkeri (Kosterm.) F.Y.Lu, C.H.Ou, Y.T.Chen, Y.S.Chi, K.C.Lu & Y.H.Tseng
- Maba ferrea (Willd.) S.S.Ying
- Maba lamponga Miq.
- Maba neilgherrensis A.DC.
and 4 more.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rohit Naniwadekar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, 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.