EPPO Global Database

Dalbergia melanoxylon(DAGME)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DAGME
  • Preferred name: Dalbergia melanoxylon
  • Authority: Guillemin & Perrotet

Notes

Tropical Africa. Its black wood is used for carvings

A target of the Global Trees Campaign


Common names
Name Language
African blackwood English
African ebony English
mpînga English
zebra wood English
afrikanisches Ebenholz German
bois noir d'Afrique French
ébène de Mozambique French
palissandre d'Afrique French
ébano Spanish
ebano del Senegal Italian
grenadilla d'Africa Italian
driedoring ebbehout Dutch
pau-preto-de-África Portuguese
африканское розовое дерево Russian
дальбергия меланоксилон Russian