Botanical Family · Ericales
Ebenaceae
Ebony/Persimmon family
22 speciesOrder Ericales8+ well-known plants
Trees with hard dark wood (ebony). Flowers unisexual with persistent calyx. Fruit is a berry (persimmon). Includes ebony and persimmon.
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How to recognise the Ebenaceae family
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Leaf arrangement: alternate
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Leaf type: simple
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Growth forms: tree/shrub
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Inflorescence: cymose
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Fruit: berry
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescencePanicle
- FruitBerry
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Narrow-Leaved EbonyDiospyros angustifoliaSmall-Leaved EbonyDiospyros buxifoliaQuarrelsome TreeDiospyros candolleanaGreen Ebony PersimmonDiospyros chloroxylonMountain Persimmon, Indian EbonyDiospyros cordifoliaMabola Ebony, Comogen Ebony, Philippine Persimmon, Mabola Tree, Mabola-Date-Plum, Velvet Apple, Velvet PersimmonDiospyros discolorEbony, Ceylon Ebony, Malabar Ebony, East India Ebony, Black Sapote, Persimmon EbonyDiospyros ebenumJapanese PersimmonDiospyros kaki
All 22 species in EBENACEAE
- Narrow-Leaved EbonyDiospyros angustifolia
- Small-Leaved EbonyDiospyros buxifolia
- Quarrelsome TreeDiospyros candolleana
- Green Ebony PersimmonDiospyros chloroxylon
- Mountain Persimmon, Indian EbonyDiospyros cordifolia
- Mabola Ebony, Comogen Ebony, Philippine Persimmon, Mabola Tree, Mabola-Date-Plum, Velvet Apple, Velvet PersimmonDiospyros discolor
- Ebony, Ceylon Ebony, Malabar Ebony, East India Ebony, Black Sapote, Persimmon EbonyDiospyros ebenum
- Japanese PersimmonDiospyros kaki
- Gaub Persimon, Indian Persimon, River Ebony, Malabar Ebony, Gaub Tree, Riber Ebony, Wild MangosteenDiospyros malabarica
- Mountain Ebony, Mottled Ebony, Mountain PersimmonDiospyros montana
- Andaman MarblewoodDiospyros oocarpa
- Bastard EbonyDiospyros ovalifolia
- Panicled EbonyDiospyros paniculata
- Forest EbonyDiospyros sylvatica
- Philippine Ebony, PersimmonMaba buxifolia
- Diospyros bourdillonii
- Diospyros foliolosa
- Diospyros ghatensis
- Diospyros nilagirica
- Diospyros pruriens
- Diospyros saldanhae
- Maba neilgerrensis
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