Diospyros ebenum

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Diospyros ebenum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ebenaceae
Genus:	Diospyros
Species:	D. ebenum
Binomial name
Diospyros ebenum J.Koenig ex Retz.
Synonyms[2]
Diospyros glaberrima Rottler Diospyros melanoxylon Willd. Diospyros membranacea A.DC. Diospyros reticulata var. timoriana A.DC. Diospyros laurifolia A.Rich. Diospyros timoriana (A.DC.) Miq. Diospyros assimilis Bedd.

Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Sinhala: කළුවර Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae. The tree produces valuable black wood.