Tree exotic, the family of the Ebenáceas of ten to twelve meters in height, wide glass, thick trunk, wooden solid, heavy, smooth, very black by the Centre and whitish to the cortex, which is grey; leaves alternate, entire, lanceolate, dark green, greenish and berries round and yellowish flowers. || 2. Wood of this tree. || ~ live. d. He was named to blacks in time of trafficking.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2008. © 1993-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.