Global InformationDiospyros tessellaria information
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| Diospyros tessellaria | |
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| Foliage of Mauritian ebony - Monvert Nature Park | |
Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Diospyros |
| Species: | D. tessellaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Diospyros tessellaria Poir.
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Diospyros tessellaria (black ebony, bois d'ebene noir or Mauritian ebony) is a species of tree in the family Ebenaceae.
The tree is one of several ebony species endemic to the island of Mauritius in the western Indian Ocean, and was once the most common, widespread ebony species of that island.
- ^ Page, W. (1998). "Diospyros tessellaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30552A9562531. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30552A9562531.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.