Common Names - Ebony Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - Gürke | Total Number of genera - 2 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 500 |
Plant forms - Evergreen trees, shrubs | |
World Distribution - Mostly Indo-Malayan & African. Tropical & warm areas, few in temperate zones. Half of species in Malaysia. Also Africa, U.S., S.E. Asia, IndoMalaysia. Native to the tropics and subtropics, with a few deciduous species native to temperate regions.Diospyros contains 450-500 species. Euclea contains 20 species, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands, and Arabia | |
Comments - See Theales instead. Has commercial woods. |
1 - Diospyros. 2 - Ebenopsis. 3 - Ebenopsius. 4 - Euclea. 5 - Maba. 6 - Royena. 7 - Saouari. |