List of Diospyros species

As of July 2014 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and The Plant List recognise about 750 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names) in the plant genus Diospyros.^[1]^[2]

A[]

Yellow persimmon (Diospyros australis)

Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F.White
Kunth
- (Standl.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
- (Standl.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
(De Winter) De Winter
Cavalcante
Hemsl.
H.Perrier
Diospyros acuminata (Thwaites) Kosterm.
Thwaites
Fletcher
Bakh.
Kosterm.
Standl.
- (Standl. ex Leavenw.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
- (Standl.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
Thwaites
Kosterm.
Diospyros alatella Kosterm.
Alston
(Gürke) F.White
B.Walln.
Kosterm.
B.Walln.
B.Walln.
Gürke
Bakh.
H.Perrier
Diospyros andamanica (Kurz) Bakh.
Poir.
S.F.Blake
C.Y.Wu
F.White
H.Perrier
H.Perrier
Raddi
Diospyros apiculata Hiern
Cavalcante
Diospyros areolata King & Gamble
Kosterm.
Griff.
Hemsl.
Diospyros artanthifolia Mart. ex Miq.
B.Walln.
Diospyros atrata (Thwaites) Alston
H.W.Li
Diospyros attenuata Thwaites
Teijsm. & Binn.
Diospyros australis (R.Br.) Hiern – yellow persimmon, black plum, grey plum

B[]

Diospyros bourdilloni

Diospyros buxifolia

Guillaumin
Diels
Bakh.
Fletcher
Bakh.
Lecomte
Lecomte
Ramaswami
H.Perrier
Hiern
Hiern
Diospyros beccarioides Ng
Lecomte
H.Perrier
Kosterm.
Hiern
(Baill.) H.Perrier
H.Perrier
Bakh.
Gürke
Diospyros blancoi A.DC. – kamagong, mabolo, butter fruit, velvet-apple
Standl.
Ng
De Wild.
(Baill.) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
Hiern
Rusby
Lecomte
I.Richardson
Diospyros borneensis Hiern
Brandis
A.DC.
Ng
Kurz
Mart. ex Miq.
F.White
Boerl. & Koord.-Schum.
Elmer
Diospyros britannoborneensis Bakh.
A.C.Sm.
Standl.
Kosterm.
Hiern
Kurz
Gürke
Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern

C[]

Diospyros candolleana

Makassar ebony (Diospyros celebica)

(Das & P.C.Kanjilal) H.B.Naithani
Pires & Cavalc.
Merr.
F.White
(Brandegee) I.M.Johnst.
C.Y.Wu
Hiern
O.Schwarz
Diospyros cambodiana Lecomte
Bakh.
Lundell
Provance & A.C.Sanders
De Wild.
Diospyros candolleana Wight
Mart. ex Hiern
F.White
Benoist
(A.DC.) Standl. — tagua-tagua, native to Cuban moist forests.
(Ridl.) Bakh.
(Craib) Fletcher
Steward
Bakh.
Blume
F.White
Sothers
A.DC.
Diospyros celebica Bakh. – Makassar ebony
Diospyros chaetocarpa Kosterm.
Diospyros chamaethamnus Mildbr. – sand apple
R.H.Miao
Wall. ex A.DC.
F.White
De Wild.
Roxb.
Lecomte
Fosberg
F.White
Poir.
Metcalf & L.Chen
(Gürke) F.White
H.Perrier
Diospyros clementium Bakh.
(Hiern) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
Fletcher
Gürke ex De Wild.
Mart. ex Miq.
Craib
Hiern
Diospyros confertiflora (Hiern) Bakh.
Bakh.
H.Perrier
Gürke ex K.Schum.
Merr.
Chiov.
Standl.
(Hutch. & Dalziel) F.White
Chun & T.C.Chen
Diospyros cordata (Hiern) Bakh.
Kosterm.
Diospyros coriacea Hiern
H.Perrier
Diospyros crassiflora Hiern — Gaboon ebony, Gabon ebony, African ebony, West African ebony, Benin ebony
(Krug & Urb.) Standl.
- (Leonard) Alain
Kosterm.
Diospyros crockerensis Ng
Provance & A.C.Sanders
Thwaites
H.Perrier
(F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Diospyros curranii Merr.

D[]

Diospyros dichrophylla

Mabolo (Diospyros discolor)

Diospyros daemona Bakh.
B.Walln.
H.Perrier
Kurz
Diospyros decandra Lour. – gold apple
H.Perrier
Fletcher
Welw. ex Hiern
Wall. ex G.Don
Sandwith
Diospyros dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter
H.Perrier
Diospyros dictyoneura Hiern
Diospyros diepenhorstii Miq.
Diospyros digyna Jacq. — black sapote, native to Hispaniolan moist forests ecoregion.^[3]^[4]
T.H.Nguyên
Diospyros discocalyx Merr.
Diospyros discolor Willd.
Hiern
Merr. & Chun
Lour.
B.Walln.
B.Walln.
(Urb.) Alain — endemic to montane Hispaniola island.^[5]
Cavalcante
W.W.Sm.
Lecomte

E[]

(H. Perrier) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
Kosterm.
Diospyros ebenum J.Koenig ex Retz. – Ceylon ebony, India ebony, "ebony"
Bakh.
Pires & Cavalc.
Diospyros egrettarum I.Richardson
Wall. ex G.Don
B.Walln.
C.B.Clarke
Lecomte
(Hiern) F.White
King & Gamble
— native to Lakeba, Fiji.
Diospyros elliptifolia Merr.
Diospyros eriantha Champ. ex Benth.
F.White
H.Perrier
B.Walln.
Diospyros eucalyptifolia Bakh.
Diospyros euphlehia Merr.
Diospyros evena Bakh.
Diospyros everettii Merr.
Buch.-Ham.

F[]

Diospyros fasciculosa

S.K.Lee
Diospyros fasciculosa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. — native to Australia
F.White
Letouzey & F.White
B.Walln.
S.Y.Lu
C.Y.Wu
Diospyros ferox Bakh.
Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.
Diospyros ferruginescens Bakh.
Pierre ex Lecomte
H.Perrier
Gürke
(Vieill. ex P.Parm.) F.White
A.Chev. ex Lecomte
Wall. ex A.DC.
(Rich ex A.Gray) Bakh.
Bakh.
J.Anthony
Diospyros foxworthyi Bakh.
Gürke
Cavalcante
Diospyros frutescens Blume
Fletcher
Baker
Bakh.
Diospyros fusiformis Kosterm.

G[]

Gürke
B.Walln.
(Hiern) De Winter
Bakh.
Mart. ex Miq.
Diospyros geminata (R.Br.) F.Muell.
B.R.Ramesh & D.De Franceschi
Kosterm.
(Fosberg) Kosterm.
- (Gillespie) A.C.Sm.
De Wild.
Kosterm.
(L.) De Winter
(Warb.) Kosterm.
De Winter
Lace
F.White
Metcalf
Bakh.
Spruce ex Hiern
Hiern
Gürke
Hiern — native to Madagascar
Fletcher
F.White
Koord. ex Bakh.
H.Perrier
- H.Perrier
F.White
(Hiern) Standl. — ébano, native to Cuban cactus scrub ecoregion.
A.C.Sm.
(Aubl.) Gürke
- (A.C.Sm.) F.White

H[]

Diospyros hispida

Provance & A.C.Sanders
Diels
Merr.
T.H.Nguyên
Griseb.
Diospyros hallieri Bakh.
Boivin ex Hiern
S.Knapp
Zoll.
Hiern
Diospyros havilandii Bakh.
Lecomte
H.Perrier
Diospyros hebecarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth.
I.Richardson
H.Perrier
(Welw. ex Hiern) F.White
Hiern
C.Y.Wu
(King & Gamble) Bakh.
(Hiern) Cavalcante
Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg
Diospyros hirsuta L.f.
A.DC.
B.L.Gupta & P.C.Kanjilal
Bakh.
Merr. & Chun
F.White
H.Perrier
Diospyros humilis (R.Br.) F.Muell. – Queensland ebony

I[]

H.Perrier
F.White
Dunn & R.S.Williams
Diospyros inconstans Jacq.
F.White
Merr. & Chun
F.White
Bakh.
Diospyros insignis Thwaites
Bakh. – Papua ebony
(A.Gray) Standl.
Ng
(Gürke) Letouzey & F.White

J[]

Sandwith
Bakh.
Siebold & Zucc.
Bakh.
Standl. & Steyerm.
Ng
A.C.Sm.

K[]

Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

F.White
Bakh.
Diospyros kaki L.f. – Japanese persimmon, Kaki persimmon, Asian persimmon
Gürke
B.Walln.
F.White
Verdc.
Diospyros keningauensis Ng
Craib
H.Perrier
B.Walln.
Debb. & Biswas
Bakh.
C.Y.Wu
Hiern
Ng
Bakh.
Kosterm.
B.Walln.
B.Walln.
Diospyros korthalsiana Hiern
Gosline
V.Singh
T.Yamaz.
A.C.Sm.
Gosline
Diospyros kurzii Hiern – Andaman marblewood

L[]

Date-plum (Diospyros lotus)

F.White
Bojer ex A.DC.
Diospyros lanceifolia Roxb.
Poir.
Cavalcante
Baker
Diospyros lateralis Hiern
Ridl.
H.Perrier
(Urb. & Ekman) Alain
(Britton & P.Wilson) Standl.
Diospyros leucomelas Poir.
A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
Sandwith
Lour.
Bakh.
Kosterm.
Lecomte
Merr.
Letouzey & F.White
Lecomte
Phengklai
A.C.Sm.
S.K.Lee
Diospyros lotus L. – date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, lilac persimmon
G.Don
- (Caveney) Verdc.
H.Perrier
Diospyros lunduensis Ng
Diospyros lycioides Desf. – Bushveld Bluebush
- subsp. guerkei (Kuntze) De Winter
- subsp. nitens (Harv. ex Hiern) De Winter
- subsp. sericea (Bernh.) De Winter

M[]

Red-fruited ebony (Diospyros mabacea)

Coromandel ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon)

Jackalberry (Diospyros mespiliformis)

Diospyros mollis

Diospyros mabacea (F.Muell.) F.Muell. – Red-fruited ebony
Merr.
Hiern
Diospyros macrophylla Blume
H.Perrier
F.White
F.White
Diospyros maingayi (Hiern) Bakh.
Diospyros major (G.Forst.) Bakh.
Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel. – black-and-white ebony, pale moon ebony, malabar ebony, gaub tree
Bakh.
Kosterm.
H.Perrier
Cavalcante
Aug.DC.
H.Perrier
Hiern
B.Walln.
H.Perrier
F.White
Diospyros maritima Blume
R.Parker – marblewood ebony, "marblewood"
C.B.Clarke
Benoist
H.Perrier
A.C.Sm.
Hoehne
Baker
Poir.
Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. – Coromandel ebony, East Indian ebony
- var. tupru (Buch.-Ham.) V.Singh
F.White
Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. – jackalberry, african ebony
Chun & T.C.Chen
Standl.
S.K.Lee
Sandwith
Bakh.
Hiern
Cavalcante
Bakh.
Diospyros mindanaensis Merr.
F.White
Bakh.
H.Perrier
Lecomte
Griff.
Kosterm.
Gürke
Diospyros montana Roxb.
Thwaites
Hance
(Merr.) Bakh.
Blanco
Ng
A.Chev. ex Lecomte – mun ebony
Diospyros muricata Bakh.
F.White
Mart. ex Miq.
H.Perrier

N[]

Bakh.
B.Walln.
(Harv.) Brenan
- (Brenan) Jordaan
Lév.
F.White
F.White
(Wight) Kosterm.
Bakh.
B.Walln.
A.DC.
Diospyros neurosepala Bakh.
Lecomte
Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) Perrier — black sapote, chocolate pudding fruit, black persimmon
Wall. ex A.DC.
C.Y.Wu
Bedd.
Merr.
Poir.
Kosterm.
Bakh.
Kosterm.
B.Walln.
King & Gamble

O[]

Standl.
(Hiern ex Gürke) F.White
Wall. ex G.Don
(Thwaites) Kosterm.
H.Perrier
F.White
Kosterm.
Maxim.
W.C.Cheng
Hiern
Diospyros oligantha Merr.
R.H.Miao
Gosline
Diospyros oocarpa Thwaites
C.B.Clarke
Diospyros oppositifolia Thwaites
Diels
B.Walln.
Kosterm.
Diospyros ovalifolia Wight
Hiern
(Urb.) Alain

P[]

Diospyros paniculata

Myrtle ebony (Diospyros pentamera)

Bakh.
(Kaneh.) Hosok.
Bakh.
(Thunb.) F.White
Eastw.
S.Knapp
Kosterm.
B.Walln.
Dalzell
Valeton ex Bakh.
Diospyros parabuxifolia Ng
Sothers
H.Perrier
(Schltr.) Bakh.
Hiern
King & Gamble
Lauterb.
Jayas.
King & Gamble
Diospyros pendula Hasselt ex Hassk.
Diospyros penibukanensis Bakh.
Diospyros pentamera (F.Muell.) Woods & F.Muell. – myrtle ebony, grey persimmon, black myrtle, grey plum
Bakh.
Diospyros perfida Bakh.
H.Perrier
F.White
H.Perrier
Jum.
Hiern
Lecomte
A.DC.
(A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
Phengklai
Gürke
Lecomte
Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco
G.Don
Cavalcante
Gürke
Diospyros piscicapa Ridl.
Letouzey & F.White
Hiern
Diospyros plectosepala Hiern
A.DC.
Bakh.
Gürke
Merr.
Kosterm.
Merr. & Chun
Gürke
Hiern
- H.Perrier
Dalzell
T.H.Nguyên
Bakh.
Mildbr.
- (Hiern ex Greves) F.White
Mildbr.
Bojer ex A.DC.
Pers.
Bakh.
Diospyros puncticulosa Bakh.
C.Y.Wu
F.White
Diospyros pyrrhocarpa Miq.

Q[]

Diospyros quaesita Thwaites
(Hiern) F.White

R[]

Breteler
Diospyros racemosa Roxb.
Roxb.
(E.Mey. ex A.DC.) De Winter
Phengklai
Standl.
B.Walln.
C.Y.Wu
Diospyros revaughanii I.Richardson
Diospyros revoluta Poir (syn. Diospyros ebenaster Retz.) ^[3]
F.White
Kosterm.
Kurz
Kosterm.
Hemsl.
Diospyros ridleyi Bakh.
Kosterm.
(Hiern) B.Walln.
Diospyros rigida Hiern
B.Walln.
Standl.
(Merr.) Bakh.
B.Walln.
Hiern
Gürke
Diospyros rufa King & Gamble
Lecomte
Bakh.

S[]

Diospyros saldanhae

Diospyros sandwicensis

Diospyros seychellarum

P.Daniel & Vajr.
H.Perrier
Kosterm.
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Lecomte
A.Gray — native to Samoan Archipelago & other islands of /Polynesia.^[6]^[7]
Diospyros sandwicensis (A.DC.) Fosberg
Gürke
Sandwith
A.Chev.
Kosterm.
S.K.Lee
R.H.Miao
Bakh.
(Chiov.) Cufod.
(Harv. ex Hiern) De Winter
Fletcher
Kosterm.
H.Perrier
King & Gamble
B.Walln.
Bakh.
Klotzsch
A.DC.
Sothers
Diospyros seychellarum (Hiern) Kosterm.
F.White
Diospyros siamang Bakh.
C.Y.Wu
H.L.Li
Diospyros simaloerensis Bakh.
(Kuntze) De Winter
S.F.Blake
Diospyros singaporensis Bakh.
(Krug & Urb.) Standl. — endemic to Puerto Rico
Kosterm.
Bakh.
Standl.
Bakh.
Bakh.
F.White
Gürke & K.Schum.
Hiern ex Greves
Baker
Hiern
Diospyros squamifolia Kosterm.
Bojer ex A.DC.
Diospyros squarrosa Klotzsch
Merr.
Roxb.
Hemsl.
H.Perrier
Diospyros styraciformis King & Gamble
Gürke
Hiern
(H. Perrier) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
H.Perrier
Diospyros subrhomboidea King & Gamble
Hiern
H.Perrier
Kosterm.
H.Perrier
Diospyros subtruncata Hochr.
Diospyros sulcata Bourd.
Diospyros sumatrana Miq.
Bakh.
Chun & T.C.Chen
Lecomte
Y.C.Yang
Roxb.

T[]

Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana)

H.Perrier
B.Walln.
A.C.Sm.
Merr.
B.Walln.
Kosterm.
B.Walln.
Diospyros tessellaria Poir. – Mauritius ebony
Mildbr.
H.Perrier
Hiern
H.Perrier
Sw.
Diospyros texana Scheele – Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon, black persimmon
Phengklai
Hutch. & Dalziel
(Lecomte) T.H.Nguyên
Hiern
Diospyros thwaitesii (Hiern) Bedd.
F.White
A.Chev.
H.Perrier
Lecomte
Hiern
(Bakh.) Kosterm.
Bakh.
Ng
Phengkhlai
Alston
(Schumach. & Thonn.) Hiern
F.White
King & Gamble
F.White
Sandwith
F.White
Zoll. & Moritzi
Caveney
Merr.
Diospyros tuberculata Bakh.
Kosterm.
Dunn
Cavalcante

U[]

B.Walln.
Diospyros ulo Merr.
F.White
Wall. ex G.Don
C.Y.Wu
B.Walln.
H.Perrier
Frim.-Møll. & Ndang.

V[]

American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Diospyros vaccinioides Lindl.
Kurz
F.White
Bakh.
(H. Perrier) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
Bakh.
Diospyros venosa Wall. ex A.DC.
- var. olivacea (King & Gamble) Ng
(Lour.) A.Chev.
De Wild.
Hiern
Hiern
Benoist
(Hiern) Kosterm.
F.White
(L.) De Winter
Kosterm.
(Gürke) Brenan
Diospyros virginiana L. – American persimmon, Eastern persimmon, Common persimmon, possumwood, simmon, sugar-plum
Hiern
Gillespie
- (Gillespie) A.C.Sm.

W[]

Cape ebony (Diospyros whyteana)

F.White
F.White
Diospyros walkeri (Wight) Gürke
Diospyros wallichii King & Gamble
Hiern
Dowsett-Lemaire & Pannell
Merr.
Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) P.White – Cape ebony
Fletcher

X[]

Sothers
S.K.Lee
C.Y.Wu & H.Chu

Y[]

(Schltr.) Kosterm.
Standl.
Bakh.
B.Walln.
Lundell
- (Lundell) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Z[]

(Gürke) F.White
S.K.Lee
(B.L.Burtt) F.White

References[]

^ "Diospyros". The Plant List. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
^ "Diospyros plant name records". The Plant List. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Purdue.edu; Horticulture: Diospyros digyna Black Sapote
^ Tropicos.org: Diospyros digyna Jacq.; (syn. Diospyros obtusifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.]
^ Tropicos.org: Diospyros domingensis
^ EOL: Diospyros samoensis
^ Micronesica 40:169: Diospyros samoensis.

External links[]

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Data related to Diospyros at Wikispecies

[TPL1-1] "Diospyros". The Plant List. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[TPL2-2] "Diospyros plant name records". The Plant List. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[purdue-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Purdue.edu; Horticulture: Diospyros digyna Black Sapote

[4] Tropicos.org: Diospyros digyna Jacq.; (syn. Diospyros obtusifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.]

[5] Tropicos.org: Diospyros domingensis

[6] EOL: Diospyros samoensis

[7] Micronesica 40:169: Diospyros samoensis.

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