What is the function of ebony?

Ecological characteristics

Evergreen trees with palm-like leaves and straight trunk can reach more than ten feet high.

Wood characteristics

Its wood is as hard as iron, its color is black and red, its texture is hard and delicate, its texture is fresh, its cross section feels smooth, and the old man is pure black and bright as paint. Because it is formed in a specific anoxic environment, wood contains natural preservatives such as eucalyptus oil, which will not rot for thousands of years.

classify

There are ebony and striped ebony.

The heartwood is pure black and fragile, and the surface of agarwood is very bright after polishing, which is mostly used to make small handicrafts.

Wood use

Bird wood is non-corrosive, immortal and moth-eaten, which is an excellent material for making high-grade furniture, temple Buddha statues and handmade works of art.

For example, making chopsticks, knife handles, jade seats, wood carvings, musical instruments, etc.

Medicinal value

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty recorded that ebony was detoxified and was mainly used for cholera, dysentery, rheumatism, colds and other diseases. There is a folk saying that "a house with half ebony is better than a box of treasures".