Diospyros kaki L.f.

Native to:

Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Transcaucasus

Homotypic Synonyms

Embryopteris kaki (Thunb.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 41 (1837)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Diospyros amara Perr. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 112 (1825)
Diospyros argyi H.Lév. in Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona, n.s., 12(22): 10 (1916)
Diospyros bertii André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887)
Diospyros chinensis Blume in Catalogus: 110 (1823), not validly publ.
Diospyros costata Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 134 (1870)
Diospyros kaempferi Naudin in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 226 (1880)
Diospyros kaki var. aurantium André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887)
Diospyros kaki var. costata (Carrière) André in Ill. Hort. 18: 176 (1871)
Diospyros kaki var. domestica Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 159 (1908)
Diospyros kaki var. elliptica André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887)
Diospyros kaki var. lycopersicon (Carrière) Arcang. in Bull. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic., ser. 4, 4: 24 (1919)
Diospyros kaki var. macrantha Hand.-Mazz. in Symb. Sin. 7: 802 (1936)
Diospyros kaki var. mazelii (Carrière) Mouill. in Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 969 (1896)
Diospyros kaki var. sahuti André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887)
Diospyros kaki var. silvestris Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 159 (1908)
Diospyros lycopersicon Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 50: 470 (1878)
Diospyros mazelii Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 70 (1874)
Diospyros roxburghii Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 44: 253 (1872)
Diospyros schi-tse Bunge in Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 42 (1833)
Diospyros sinensis Naudin in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 211 (1880)
Diospyros sphenophylla Hiern in J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 62 (1925)
Diospyros trichocarpa R.H.Miao in Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 32(4): 63 (1993)
Diospyros wieseneri Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 83 (1887)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Ericales

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Family
Ebenaceae

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Genus
Diospyros

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Species
Diospyros kaki

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Jessup, L.W. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 9: 155-197.
Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
Iwatsuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1993). Flora of Japan IIIa: 1-482. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Jessup, L.W. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 9: 155-197.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

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Date	Reference	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Dec 1, 1970	Tsang, W.T. [20197] China	K000792350	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Japan	K:SPC-65959.000		No
	China	K:SPC-65934.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65977.000		No
	France	K:SPC-65997.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65981.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65956.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-66077.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-66005.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65920.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65985.000		No
	Thailand	K:SPC-65927.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65993.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65962.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-66001.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65912.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65971.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65982.000		No
	France	K:SPC-66007.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65978.000		No
	United Kingdom	K:SPC-66075.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65967.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65990.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65916.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65908.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65961.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-66009.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65988.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65973.000		No
	France	K:SPC-65984.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65946.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65955.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65979.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65989.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65975.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65922.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65951.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65976.000		No
	Thailand	K:SPC-65925.000		No
	France	K:SPC-65923.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65970.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65924.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65966.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65960.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65926.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65986.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65921.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65972.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65957.000		No
	France	K:SPC-65952.000		No
	Japan	K:SPC-65911.000		No

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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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Diospyros kaki L.f.

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

View this species in the Tree of Life Explorer External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (51 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Living Collection Database

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

View this species in the Tree of Life Explorer