Diospyros kaki

Diospyros kaki
Botanical details of buds, flowers and fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species:
D. kaki
Binomial name
Diospyros kaki
Synonyms

Diospyros chinensis Blume (nom. nud.) Diospyros kaki L.f.

Diospyros kaki
The Chinese character for "persimmon"
Chinese name
Chinese柿(子)
Korean name
Hangul
Japanese name
Kanji

Diospyros kaki, the Oriental persimmon,[2] Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon,[3] is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780,[4][3] D. kaki cultivation in China dates back more than 2000 years.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2021). "Diospyros gokugaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T173538A197891373. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 443. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. ^ a b "Diospyros kaki". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ Published in Nova Acta Soc. Sc. Upsal. iii. 208, author Carl Peter Thunberg, [Thunb.] (1780); later in Fl. Jap. 157, author Thunb. (1784)."Plant Name Details for Diospyros kaki". IPNI. Retrieved 12 October 2009.

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