Diospyros pentamera is a common rainforest tree in the Ebony or Persimmon family (Ebenaceae) growing from near Batemans Bay (36° S) in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in tropical Queensland, Australia. It is commonly known as the myrtle ebony, black myrtle, grey plum or grey persimmon.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Black Ebony being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Litsea reticulata
- Cryptocarya meisneriana
- Hedraianthera porphyropetala
- Diospyros yandina
- Diospyros australis
- Meiogyne stenopetala
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
- Species
- Diospyros pentamera
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