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Diospyros ebenum Grown in India and Sri Lanka, it is commonly called Indian Ebony or Ceylon Ebony. There are other trees that can produce Ebony in its heartwood but usually not as thick or as black.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoNormally, African ebony trees grow 15-18 feet tall, but they can grow upto 16 feet in diameter and 80 feet in height.
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What is the secondary meristem that produces wood toward the inside and bark toward the outside of a tree?
vascular cambium
Is ebony wood softwood lumber?
"Ebony" is a general term encompassing a number of different species of tree. The most famous is Diospyros ebenum, a small evergreen native to Sri Lanka and India. Since the tree keeps its leaves year round, it's nominally a softwood. In reality, however, the lumber is rock hard an dense enough to sink in water. Contrast this with balsa wood. The balsa tree is deciduous (thus, technically a hardwood) yet the lumber is light enough for airplane construction.
Which Leguminous tree produces senna?
The cassia tree produces senna and other valuable products.
Which tree has no timber?
Well a tree without wood is a Family tree; but there is more tree's without wood; look them up on Google. : google says my dick has wood every morning
What is the wood of the genipap tree used for?
This tree is actually a large shrub, and its wood is mostly used in handicrafts.
Is ebony a soft wood?
Ebony is a hard dark-coloured heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
What is iron wood?
Ebony. Ebony Wood from an ebony tree is called iron wood because it takes very long to harvest, and takes very long to rot or deteriorate! Ostrya virginiana, a north American decorative hardwood. Definately not Ebony iron wood is NOT ebony, its hornbeam
What does ebony mean?
Ebony is a very dark wood, so ebony is sometimes used to describe a very deep brown or black object (or person!).
Is ebony a spice?
Ebony is not actually a spice, It is the wood dark wood off a tropical tree. It is expensive and valuable. It is also Greek. It is a very cute name, too.
Where does ebony tree fit on the plant kingdom chart?
There are several species of trees which produce ebony wood. They are in the genus Diospyros, family Ebonaceae.
What shade is ebony?
Ebony is a type of wood, but "Ebony" is Black.
What is the ingredient ebony?
Ebony is a type of wood.
What color is ebony?
Ebony is a very black tree. it is the color of the black keys on a piano.Ebony, (there are several species of trees of the genus Diospyros (family Ebenaceae), is a hardwood that is dark reddish-brown to almost black in colour. Gaboon ebony wood is the most pure black of the them all.
Who was Saint Ebony?
There is no canonized saint named Ebony. Ebony is a type of wood, not a saint.
What is the color ebony?
my name being ebony , ebony is the colour black or really dark wood
What is ''ebony''?
A type of wood, extremely dark in appearance.
Is ebony brown?
Ebony is a black colored wood, thought it does have streaks of brown in it.
