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Ebony

Ebony

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ebenales
Family:	Ebenaceae
Genus:	Diospyros

Species

D. ebenum Indian and Ceylon ebony
D. melanoxylon Coromandel ebony
D. montana
D. quaesita
D. dendo black ebony

Ebony is the wood of several species of the genus Diospyros.

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