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Ebony, Burmese. Diospyros burmanica, Kurz. Weight, 55 lbs. 

 India, Burma. 



This is an inferior kind of ebony, which possesses such a small black 

 heart and so wide a band of light (sap) wood that for European uses it 

 could only be used for decorative inlay work or for golf club heads. 

 The wood is hard, heavy, and close-grained, but is generally defective in 

 the heart. 



The pores and medullary rays are exceedingly fine, and scarcely 

 discernible with the lens (12 x). 



Eboxy, Ceylox.— Supphes have reached England from Cejdon for 



Logs of Ebony. 



Photograph fry G. R. Keen. 



South-West India. 



many years, but there has been no export on a commercial basis from 

 India, although it may be expected in the near future. The imports 

 from Ceylon consisted of what was, for ebony, exceptionally large-sized 

 butts, which ranged up to 30 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter. 

 The wood generally is not of such an intense black as is that from Africa, 

 for nearly every piece contains streaks of a lighter or darker brown 

 interspersed with the black. The wood generally is sound and ser\dceable, 

 and on account of its greater length and size has for many purposes 

 been preferred to the other varieties. This is especially noticeable in 

 such work as shop-front fixtures and cases. It stands well and can be 

 safely used in very small sizes, such as the fine framework for a show- 

 case for jeweller's ware. The variegated form of this ebony has also been 

 used. It is termed Coromandel wood (q.v.). 



