Ebony
Scientific name of Ebony: Diospyros ebenum
Names in different languages:-
English: Black Sapote, Indian Ebony, Ceylon Ebony, East Indian Ebony, Persimmon Ebony
Sanskrit: Tumbi
Hindi: Abnus
Tamil: Vellathovarai, Thumbi, Karai
Malayalam: Karimaram, Katupanachi, Vayari and Karu
Plant description:
It is found in the forests of Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka areas; it is a large evergreen trees, grow to 15 m high, the bark is rough, black or grey-black, leaves are simple, alternately arranged, petiole 0.4 to 0.8 cm long, glabrous, elliptic or oblong, apex acuminate, obtuse. flowers solitary, very shortly peduncled, larger than the male ones.The fruits are berries, globose, size 2 cm across; seeds 3-8, calyx persistent and hard.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-lanceolate | Margin-Entire | Venation-Reticulate |
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Useful plant parts:
Heartwood, wood oil, Unripe fruit, leaf, fruit, bark
Medicinal uses:
To treat the snake bite, diarrhea, biliousness, ulcer, epistaxis, burns, scabies.
Chemical contents:
Lupeol, Betulin, Betulinic acid, Ursolic acid, Bauerenol, β-sitiosterol, Stigmasterol etc.
Medicinal Properties:
Carminative, astringent, laxative, aphrodisiac and anti anaemic
It is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurvedic medicines like:-
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