Ebenus cretica(EBECR)
Overview Code created in: 2014-01-04
- EPPO Code: EBECR
- Preferred name: Ebenus cretica
- Authority: Linnaeus
Crete (endemic). Cultivated as an ornamental. Though the Latin and common names of this plant appear ro relate to the valuable black wood known as "ebony", this is accidental. The genus Ebenus is, paradoxically, not in the Ebenaceae, its name derives from Arabic and not Latin, and ebony derives from species of the ebenaceous genus Diospyros
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Cretan ebony | English |
| shrubby sainfoin | English |
| kretischer Ebenholzstrauch | German |
| ébène de Crète | French |
| Kretenzer wolbloempje | Dutch |
| критский эбен | Russian |
| эбен критский | Russian |
| έβενος κρητικός | Greek |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Papilionoideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Ebenus (
1EBEG )
Species
Ebenus cretica (
EBECR )