Diospyros ferrea
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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- Ehretia ferrea {{au|Willd.}}
- Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia {{Au|(Rottb.) Bakh.}}
- Maba buxifolia {{Au|(Rottb.) Juss.}}
- Pisonia buxifolia {{Au|Rottb.}}
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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, Laos (Khammouan) and Taiwan (Hengchun Peninsula and Orchid Island).
Distribution
It is found from West Africa to India, Indo-China, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Japan), 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.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Gallery
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 01.jpg|Plant, slow growth, dark green leaves, dioecious
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 02.jpg|Black bark and heartwood
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 04.jpg|Cracked bark shape
File:象牙柿 Diospyros ferrea 20201024211015 05.jpg|New branches
References
{{commons category|Diospyros ferrea}}
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- {{Cite book | editor1-last= Lemmens | editor1-first= R.H.M.J. | editor2-last= Soerianegara | editor2-first= I. | editor3-last= Wong | editor3-first= W.C. | year= 1995 | series= Plant Resources of South-East Asia | volume= 5 | issue= 2 | title= Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. | location= Leiden, the Netherlands | publisher= Backhuys Publishers | pages= 193–194 }}
External resources
- {{AfricanPlants|Diospyros ferrea}}
- https://archive.today/20130707154040/http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/print.jsp?rno=950
- http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/2_11
- http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/d/diofe/diofe_en.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053115/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/scientific-names/360-diospyros-ferrea
- https://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/species/508%20001%2004%200
- https://kmweb.coa.gov.tw/theme_data.php?theme=plant_illustration&id=555
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