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Diospyros humilis
Also called Long Tom Ebony, Native Ebony, Queensland Ebony, Wood Black Ebony, Wood Ebony
Diospyros humilis is a small tree or shrub native to eastern Australia, southern New Guinea and Timor, valued for its dense, dark timber. It is grown as an ornamental and wood plant in warm, dry-season tropical and subtropical climates.
Diospyros humilis, commonly named Queensland ebony or Australian ebony, is a small eastern Australian tree found throughout Queensland and extending into Northern New South Wales and the Northern Territory. The plant is most commonly found in coastal and semi-arid zones in vine scrubs, brigalow woodlands and other locales with infrequent fire.
The plant grows as a small tree or shrub, with stiff, glossy, discolorous leaves. Foliage is held in distinctive trusses and shrubs developing tree form, can be distinctly pyramidal in profile. Fruit are oval and bright yellow and orange-red when ripe with a single seed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diospyros humilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
