170 WOODS OP COMMERCE 



Ebony, Cuba {Diospyros tetrasperma Jacq.). "Ebano Real/' 

 S.G. 1,300. R 305 lbs. Black, hard, brittle. Used in cabinet- 

 work. 



Ebony, False, the " Corsican Ebony " of ancient Rome {Cytisus 

 Lah'dmum L. : Order Leguminosm). French "Faux ebenier." 

 Sapwood broad, yellowish ; heart dark-brown with a greenish tinge ; 

 rings and pith-rays distinct ; vessels in spring-wood large, crowded 

 in groups of six or eight between the rays, those of the later 

 wood in crescentic groups ; hard, capable of high pohsh, but not 

 durable. Used for whip-handles, in tuniery, and by the ancients as 

 veneer. 



Ebony, Gaboon, Lagos or Old Calabar {Diospyros Dendo Welw.). 

 Tropical West Africa. ''N'Dendo." W 72-5. Small, black, 

 sometimes streaked with brown, very hard. 



Ebony, German, the wood of Pear or Yew, stained black. 



Ebony, Green, in the English timber trade and in the West Indies 

 is Br^a Menus [See Ebony, American] ; but in Southern India it is 

 Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb. [Telugu " Nella ulimera"), a large 

 tree yielding a hard, useful wood. In Brazil the name is applied 

 to Tecoma Imcoxylon Mart. (Order Bignonidcece), also known as 

 " Quirapaiba," a heavy, hard, dark-green, close-grained cabinet- 

 wood yielding logs 14 ft. long and 14 — 16 in. square. S.G. 1,220 — 

 1,211. R 481 kilos. 



Ebony, Madagascar, Macassar or Zanzibar [Diospyros mespili- 

 formis Hochst., haplostylis Boiv. and microrhomhus Hiern.), weigh- 

 ing 49 — 61 lbs. per cubic foot, and also Acacia glaucophylla Steud. 

 and the heavier Dalbergia melanoxylon GuiU. and Perr. [See 

 Blackwood, African], all natives of tropical Africa, with black heart- 

 wood. Some apparently occur near both the east and west coasts. 



Ebony, Manila {Diospyros philippensis Giirke and D, Mendster 

 Retz.). 



Ebony, Mauritius {Diospyros tesseldria Poir). 



Ebony, Mountain {BauMnia EooJceri F. v. M. and B, Garronii 

 P. V. M. : Order Leguminosm). Also known as " Queensland 

 Ebony.' ' Eastern AustraHa. The former 30 — 40 ft. high ; 1 — 1 1 ft. 

 in diam., dark-jed, heavy: the latter light-brown to dark-brown. 

 Suitable for veneers. 



Ebony, Purple {DalUrgia sp. ?). Ceylon. W 53-5. Dark purple, 

 streaked with black. 



Ebony, Red {Diosp'^ros rubra Gartn.). Mauritius. 



Ebony, St. Helena {Domheya melanoxylon Roxb. : Order Byttneri- 

 deem). Height 10—15 ft. S.G. 1,145. W 71-5. Almost exter- 

 minated by goats. 



