Rare to find
Quantity : 10 seeds

English    :
Black Sapote
Ceylon ebeny tree
Ceylon Ebony
East Indian Ebony
Ebony
Persimmon Ebony


Malayalam :   
Ebony
Karingali
Karu
Katupanachi
Mushtambi
Vayari

Other :     
Acha Tumbi
Kaarai
Karungali
Tumbi


Found in India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, Diospyros ebenum or Ebony is an evergreen, slow-growing tree with a dense crown. It grows about 30 m in height with its straight, buttressed trunk reaching about 90cm in diameter. It is a known timber tree and highly valued for its black wood used for furniture making. The wood is very heavy, very durable, and resistant to fungi and insect attack. The fruits are edible and have medicinal uses as attenuant and lithontripic. Bark and leaves are used as a blistering plaster.