EPPO Global Database

Diospyros melanoxylon(DOSME)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DOSME
  • Preferred name: Diospyros melanoxylon
  • Authority: Roxburgh

Notes

India, Sri Lanka. Source of ebony wood. Leaves used as a wrapper for tobacco


Common names
Name Language
Coromandel ebony English
East Indian ebony English
Indian ebony English
Bombay-Ebenholzbaum German
ébénier des Indes French
ebeno indiano Italian
tendu Hindi