Diospyros poncei, also known as Kamagong Ponce, is an ebony species endemic to the Philippines.
Kamagong Ponce is a relatively small tree reaching 9 meters in height, the branches are terete, glabrous, wrinkled, and dark gray when mature but reddish-brown when young. The leaves have a leathery texture, the shape varies from oblong to oblanceolate, the leaf base is acute while the apex is acute or acuminate in shape, both apex and base narrows subequally, the lamina is glabrous. The midrib is somewhat pubescent with pale hairs when young but becomes smooth as it matures, the same can be said about the young leaves. There is a lack of information about its flowers. Its fruits are globose and small, only being around 2 cm in diameter, sessile or subsessile, solitary, and axillary with a hirsute pericarp covered with rust-colored hairs. It has persistent sepals that are leathery, rounded, with dense pale or rust-colored hairs and is orbicular-ovate in its shape. This rare tree is endemic to Luzon (Isabela, Quezon, Camarines Norte) and Mindanao. The Kamagong Ponce looks very similar to Kamagong, but the leaves and the seeds are much smaller. The wood is known to be used for furniture, tool handles, guitar finger boards and keys, weaving instruments such as shuttles, bobbins and spindles, as well as combs and other novelties. The seeds are recalcitrant, which means it needs to be sown immediately. The fallen mature fruit can be planted straight into potting media.
