The generic name Diospyros comes from a Latin name for the Caucasian persimmon (D. lotus), derived from the Greek διόσπυρος : dióspyros, from diós (Διός)...

species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, Diospyros kaki  – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae...

name Diospyros kaki L. f. may be used erroneously for this plant. However, Diospyros kaki L. f., published in 1781, is a later homonym of Diospyros kaki...

The genus Diospyros has numerous other fruit bearing tree species in addition to the persimmons and black sapote. The etymology of Diospyros is "divine...

Diospyros blancoi, (synonym Diospyros discolor), commonly known as velvet apple, velvet persimmon, kamagong, or mabolo tree, is a tree of the genus Diospyros...

in Odisha There is one named variety of this species, Diospyros melanoxylon var. tupru. "Diospyros melanoxylon". Germplasm Resources Information Network...

Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, common persimmon, eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diospyros texana. Wikispecies has information related to Diospyros texana. "Diospyros texana". Germplasm Resources Information...

29 July 2024. "Diospyros crassiflora Hiern". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 July 2024. "Diospyros crassiflora". European...

Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Sinhala: කළුවර Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae...