St. Helena ebony (Trochetiopsis ebenus)

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    St. Helena ebony (Trochetiopsis ebenus) is critically endangered in the wild. A related species, the dwarf ebony (Trochetiopsis melanoxylon) with which is often confused, is now completely extinct. Trochetiopsis melanoxylon has been recorded last time by Banks in 1771.
     

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    Krystyna, was this photograph taken in the wild or one of the UK botanical gardens?
     
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    The label read: St Helena Ebony (Trechetiopsis melanoxylon), St. Helena
     
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