Ebonies, like most African hardwood, are exploited for timber, but we know very little about their ecology, what disperses them, how they survive in our forest 80 to 200 years.
Àwọn kanran, bíi ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn igi-líle ilẹ̀ Adúláwọ, ni wọ́n ń lò fún gẹdú, ṣùgbọ́n díẹ̀ la mọ̀ nípa àjọṣepọ̀ wọn, nǹkan tó ń pín wọn ká, bí wọ́n ṣe ń yè nínú igbó wa fún ọgọ́rin sí igba ọdún.