HEIGHT up to 100 ft (30 m)
TYPE Evergreen
OCCURRENCE S. India, Sri Lanka
This tree has nearly uniform black wood, the densest and darkest of the Indian-Asian ebony timbers. It is slow-growing and has a buttressed, sometimes fluted trunk. BARK Black to gray-black, flaking in small rectangular pieces. LEAF Alternate,
elliptic to ovate-oblong. FLOWER Males and females on separate trees; males: yellowish, with white corolla, borne in clusters of 3–5; females: yellowish white, solitary. FRUIT Large, spherical to ovoid berry.
