Diospyros is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of about 450–500 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of deciduous

Deciduous

Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe...

 and evergreen

Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...

 tree

Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

s. The majority are native to the tropics

Tropics

The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately  N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at  S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...

, with only a few species extending into temperate

Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...

 regions. They are commonly known as ebony

Ebony

Ebony is a dense black wood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, but ebony may also refer to other heavy, black woods from unrelated species. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water. Its fine texture, and very smooth finish when polished, make it valuable as an...

or persimmon

Persimmon

A persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family . The word Diospyros means "the fire of Zeus" in ancient Greek. As a tree, it is a perennial plant...

 trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 words διός (dios), meaning "of Zeus

Zeus

In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus was the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and his Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.Zeus was the child of Cronus...

" and πυρός (pyros), meaning "grain

GRAIN

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" and was originally applied to the Caucasian Persimmon (D. lotus). In India, it is known as the Pasandu tree.

Ecology

Diospyros species are important and conspicuous trees in many of their native ecosystem

Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....

s, such as lowland dry forests

Hawaiian tropical dry forests

The Hawaiian tropical dry forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands. They cover an area of on the leeward side of the main islands and the summits of Niihau and Kahoolawe. These forests are either seasonal or sclerophyllous. Annual rainfall is less than and...

 of the former Maui Nui

Maui Nui

Maui Nui or Greater Maui, is a modern geologists' name given to a prehistoric Hawaiian Island built from seven shield volcanoes. Nui means "great/large" in the Hawaiian language....

 in Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests

Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests

The Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests ecoregion, in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome, is an area of lush lowland and montane forests covering about near the southern shores of the Caspian Sea of Azerbaijan and Iran.-Setting:...

, Kathiarbar-Gir dry deciduous forests

Kathiarbar-Gir dry deciduous forests

The Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion of western India which is home to the last remaining populations of the Asiatic Lion in Gir Forest National Park in Gujarat.-Setting:...

, Louisiade Archipelago rain forests, Madagascar lowland forests

Madagascar lowland forests

The Madagascar lowland forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, found on the eastern coast of the island of Madagascar.-Setting:...

, Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests

Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests

The Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion of central India. The ecoregion lies mostly in Madhya Pradesh state, but extends into portions of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh states.-Setting:...

, New Guinea mangroves

New Guinea mangroves

The New Guinea mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that covers extensive areas of the coastline New Guinea, the large island in the western Pacific Ocean north of Australia.-Location and description:...

 or South Western Ghats montane rain forests

South Western Ghats montane rain forests

The South Western Ghats montane rain forests are an ecoregion of southern India, covering the southern portion of the Western Ghats range in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, at elevations over 1000 meters...

. The fruits are rich in tannin

Tannin

A tannin is an astringent, bitter plant polyphenolic compound that binds to and precipitates proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.The term tannin refers to the use of...

s and thus avoided by most herbivores

Plant defense against herbivory

Plant defense against herbivory or host-plant resistance describes a range of adaptations evolved by plants which improve their survival and reproduction by reducing the impact of herbivores. Plants use several strategies to defend against damage caused by herbivores...

 when unripe; when ripe they are eagerly eaten by many animals however, such as the rare Aders' Duiker (Cephalophus adersi).

The foliage is used as food by the larvae

Caterpillar

Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...

 of numerous Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 species:

Arctiidae

Arctiidae

Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...

:

• Eupseudosoma aberrans
• Eupseudosoma involutum (Snowy Eupseudosoma)
• Hypercompe indecisa

Geometridae:

• Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Double-striped Pug) – recorded on persimmon
  Persimmon
  A persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family . The word Diospyros means "the fire of Zeus" in ancient Greek. As a tree, it is a perennial plant...
  
  s

Limacodidae

Limacodidae

Limacodidae or Euclidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea; the placement is in dispute. They are often called slug moths because their caterpillars bear a distinct resemblance to slugs...

:

• Monema flavescens
  Monema flavescens
  Monema flavescens is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in Korea, Quelpart, Japan, Amur, Ussuri, Askold, China and Formosa.The wingspan is 32-34 mm.The larvae are polyphagous and are considered a forestry pest.-External links:**...
  
  

Lycaenidae

Lycaenidae

The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...

:

• Neopithecops zalmora
  Neopithecops zalmora
  The Quaker is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Description:-Wet-season form:...
  
  (Quaker)

Nymphalidae

Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

:

• Charaxes khasianus (Kihansi Charaxes) – recorded on D. natalensis
• Dophla evelina
  Dophla evelina
  The Redspot Duke, Dophla evelina, is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in Asia.-Description:Male upperside somewhat dark metallic green...
  
  (Redspot Duke) – recorded on D. candolleana

Saturniidae

Saturniidae

The Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the moths. They form a family of Lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 described species worldwide...

:

• Actias luna
  Actias luna
  Actias luna, commonly known as the Luna Moth, is a lime-green, Nearctic Saturniid moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae...
  
  (Luna Moth) – recorded on persimmons
• Callosamia promethea
  Callosamia promethea
  The Promethea Silkmoth , is a member of the Saturniidae family of moths.-Description:Males have dark brownish-black wings with a faint white postmedian line and pinkish coloring near the apical spot. Females are bright reddish-pink or a brownish color with well-developed reniform spots. Both...
  
  (Promethea Silkmoth) – recorded on persimmons
• Citheronia regalis
  Citheronia regalis
  The regal moth , also called the royal walnut moth, is a North American moth in the saturniidae family. The caterpillars are called hickory horned devils...
  
  (Regal Moth) – recorded on American Persimmon (D. virginiana)

Tortricidae

Tortricidae

Tortricidae is a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths, in the order Lepidoptera. Tortricidae is a large family with over 9,400 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea. Many of these are economically important pests. Olethreutidae is a junior synonym...

:

• "Cnephasia" jactatana
  Cnephasia jactatana
  The Black-lyre Leafroller Moth is a tortrix moth species . It is endemic to New Zealand....
  
  (Black-lyre Leafroller Moth)

An economically significant plant pathogen infecting many Diospyros species – D. hispida, Kaki Persimmon (D. kaki), Date-plum

Date-plum

Diospyros lotus, better known as the Date-plum or Caucasian Persimmon is a widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros, native to subtropical southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Its English name derives from the small fruit, which have a taste reminiscent of both plums and dates...

 (D. lotus), Texas Persimmon (D. texana), Coromandel Ebony

Coromandel Ebony

Makassar Ebony , is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its common name is derived from the main seaport on the island, Makassar....

 (D. melanoxylon) and probably others – is the sac fungus Pseudocercospora kaki

Pseudocercospora kaki

Pseudocercospora kaki is a fungal plant pathogen, who causes leaf spot of persimmon. Some examples of host species are Diospyros hispida, Diospyros kaki, Diospyros lotus, Diospyros texana, and Diospyros tupru.- External links :**...

, which causes a leaf spot

Leaf spot

Leaf spots are round blemishes found on the leaves of many species of plants, mostly caused by parasitic fungi or bacteria.A typical spot is "zonal", meaning it has a definite edge and often has a darker border. When lots of spots are present, they can grow together and become a blight or a blotch...

 disease.

Use by humans

The genus includes several plants of commercial importance, either for their edible fruit

Fruit

In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...

 (persimmon

Persimmon

A persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family . The word Diospyros means "the fire of Zeus" in ancient Greek. As a tree, it is a perennial plant...

s) or for their timber (ebony

Ebony

Ebony is a dense black wood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, but ebony may also refer to other heavy, black woods from unrelated species. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water. Its fine texture, and very smooth finish when polished, make it valuable as an...

). The latter are divided into two groups

Ebony (disambiguation)

-Plants and their wood:* In botany, the name also applies to a number of species in the genus Diospyros, particularly those with black or pale-streaked wood:** Ceylon ebony ** African Ebony...

 in trade: the pure black ebony (notably from D. ebenum

Diospyros ebenum

Diospyros ebenum is a species of tree occurring in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is best known for being one of the trees that yield ebony; the wood of this tree is called Ceylon Ebony or India Ebony, but often simply called "ebony"....

, but also several other species), and the striped ebony or Calamander wood

Calamander wood

thumb|300pxCalamander wood or Coromandel wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes , very heavy and hard...

 (from D. celebica, D. mun and others). Most species in the genus produce little to none of this black ebony-type wood; their hard timber

Timber

Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...

 (e.g. of American Persimmon, D. virginiana) may still be used on a more limited basis.

Leaves of the Coromandel Ebony

Coromandel Ebony

Makassar Ebony , is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its common name is derived from the main seaport on the island, Makassar....

 (D. melanoxylon) are used to roll South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

n beedi

Beedi

A beedi is a thin, South Asian cigarette filled with tobacco flake and wrapped in a tendu leaf tied with a string at one end.The word comes from beeda, Marwari for a leaf wrapped in betel nuts, herbs, and condiments....

 cigarette

Cigarette

A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...

s. Several species are used in herbalism

Herbalism

Herbalism is a traditional medicinal or folk medicine practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts. Herbalism is also known as botanical medicine, medical herbalism, herbal medicine, herbology, herblore, and phytotherapy...

, and D. leucomelas yields the versatile medical compound betulinic acid

Betulinic acid

Betulinic acid is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid which has anti-retroviral, anti-malarial, and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as a more recently discovered potential as an anticancer agent, by inhibition of topoisomerase...

. Though bee

Bee

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...

s do not play a key role as pollinator

Pollinator

A pollinator is the biotic agent that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or syngamy of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain...

s, in plantation

Plantation

A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...

s Diospyros may be of some use as honey plant. D. mollis, locally known as mặc nưa, is used in Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 to dye the famous black lãnh Mỹ A silk

Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...

 of Tân Châu

Tan Chau, An Giang

Tân Châu is a rural district of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 159,719. The district covers an area of 159 km²...

 district.

These trees are well-known in their native range, and consequently much used as floral emblem

Floral emblem

In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions. Different processes have been used to adopt these symbols - some are conferred by...

s. In Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, D. celebica (Makassar Ebony, known locally as eboni) is the provincial tree of Central Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia located in the centre of Sulawesi. It was established on 13 April 1964....

, while ajan kelicung (D. macrophylla) is that of West Nusa Tenggara

West Nusa Tenggara

West Nusa Tenggara is a province in south-central Indonesia. The province encompasses the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, except for Bali as the Wallace line running the length of the Lombok Strait forms the western boundary of the province....

. The emblem of the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese island of Ishigaki

Ishigaki, Okinawa

Ishigaki is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is within the City of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture. The city functions as the business and transport center of the archipelago...

 is the Yaeyama kokutan (D. ferrea). In Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, the Gold Apple (D. decandra) is the provincial tree of Chanthaburi

Chanthaburi Province

Chanthaburi is a province of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, at the border to Battambang and Pailin of Cambodia and the shore to the Gulf of Thailand...

 and Nakhon Pathom Province

Nakhon Pathom Province

Nakhon Pathom ) is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Suphan Buri, Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi...

s, while Black-and-white Ebony (D. malabarica

Diospyros malabarica

The Gaub Tree, Malabar ebony, Black-and-white Ebony or Pale Moon Ebony is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is native to the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia....

) is that of Ang Thong Province

Ang Thong Province

Ang Thong is one of the central provinces of Thailand. The name means "golden bowl" which refer to Angthong as a central for prosperity as it has a lot of rice fields....

. The name of the Thai district Amphoe Tha Tako

Amphoe Tha Tako

Tha Tako is a district in the eastern part of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The district was established at Ban Khao Noi, Tambon Tha Tako in 1900. At first there was confusion whether the name was Khao Noi or Don Kha...

 literally means "District of the Diospyros pier

Pier

A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...

" after a famous local gathering spot.

Species

• Diospyros acocksii (De Winter) De Winter
• Diospyros acris
• Diospyros affinis Thwaites
  George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
  George Henry Kendrick Thwaites was an English botanist and entomologist.Thwaites was initially an accountant and studied botany during his spare time. He was interested particularly in the lower plants such as the algae and the cryptogams...
  
  
• Diospyros apeibacarpos Raddi
  Giuseppe Raddi
  Giuseppe Raddi was an Italian botanist.-Biography:He was apprenticed to a druggist, but obtained employment in the Museum of Natural History of Florence. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, afterward became his protector, and in 1817 sent him to Brazil to study the cryptogams of the country...
  
  
• Diospyros armata
• Diospyros attenuata Thwaites
• Diospyros australis
  Diospyros australis
  Diospyros australis is the most southerly of the group of some 450 ebonies and persimmons. It is a shrub or small tree growing in rainforests of seaward eastern Australia. The habitat is in a variety of different rainforest forms, though not often seen in the cool temperate rainforests...
  
  – Yellow Persimmon, Black Plum, "grey plum"
• Diospyros austroafricana De Winter
• Diospyros barberi
• Diospyros batocana Hiern
• Diospyros blancoi – Mabolo
  Mabolo
  Mabolo, Velvet Apple or kamagong is a plant of the genus of ebony trees and persimmons, Diospyros...
  
  , Velvet-apple, kamagong (Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
  )
• Diospyros brandisiana Kz.
• Diospyros canaliculata (= D. cauliflora, D. xanthochlamys)
• Diospyros candolleana
• Diospyros caribaea (A.DC.) Standl.
• Diospyros castanea (Craib) Fletcher
• Diospyros cathayensis Steward (= D. sinensis)
• Diospyros cauliflora Blume
• Diospyros celebica – Makassar Ebony
• Diospyros chamaethamnus
  Diospyros chamaethamnus
  Diospyros chamaethamnus, called Sand Apple in English, is a plant which can be found in Namibia. It is a relative of persimmons and ebony and like these provides useful wood and edible fruit. It may also have medical properties and some other uses....
  
  – Sand Apple
• Diospyros chloroxylon
• Diospyros clavigera C.B.Clarke
• Diospyros confertifolia
• Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm.
• Diospyros consolataei
• Diospyros conzattii Standl.
• Diospyros crumenata Thwaites
• Diospyros crassiflora
  Diospyros crassiflora
  Diospyros crassiflora, commonly known as Gaboon Ebony, is a species of lowland-rainforest tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to Western Africa...
  
  Nesbitt – Gaboon Ebony
• Diospyros crassinervis (Krug & Urb.) Standl.
• Diospyros decandra Lour. – Gold Apple, thị (Vietnamese)
• Diospyros densiflora
• Diospyros dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter
• Diospyros digyna – Black Sapote
  Black sapote
  Diospyros digyna, the Black Sapote, is a species of persimmon that is native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Colombia. Other names include Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Chocolate Persimmon and Zapote Prieto.-Description:Mature trees can grow to over in height and are evergreen. It is...
  
  , Chocolate Pudding Fruit, tzapotl (Nahuatl
  Nahuatl
  Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...
  
  ), zapote prieto (Spanish), "black persimmon"
• Diospyros ebenum
  Diospyros ebenum
  Diospyros ebenum is a species of tree occurring in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is best known for being one of the trees that yield ebony; the wood of this tree is called Ceylon Ebony or India Ebony, but often simply called "ebony"....
  
  – Ceylon Ebony, India Ebony, "ebony
  Ebony
  Ebony is a dense black wood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, but ebony may also refer to other heavy, black woods from unrelated species. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water. Its fine texture, and very smooth finish when polished, make it valuable as an...
  
  "
• Diospyros elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) P.S.Green
• Diospyros eriantha Champ. ex Benth.
• Diospyros fasciculosa
• Diospyros ferra
• Diospyros ferrea (Willd. ) Bakh.f. – Yaeyama kokutan (Japanese)
• Diospyros fischeri
• Diospyros geminata
  Diospyros geminata
  Diospyros geminata is a small tree or shrub of dry rainforest, gallery forest and sub tropical rainforest of Australia and New Guinea.- Sources :* http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=149...
  
  
• Diospyros glabra (L.) De Winter
• Diospyros glandulosa Lace
• Diospyros glaucifolia F.P.Metcalf
• Diospyros gracilipes (Madagaskar)
• Diospyros grisebachii (Hiern) Standl.
• Diospyros guianensis (Aubl.) Gürke
• Diospyros halesioides Griseb.
• Diospyros hillebrandii
  Diospyros hillebrandii
  Diospyros hillebrandii, is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii. Its common name, Ēlama, also means torch or lamp in Hawaiian. Ēlama is a small to medium-sized tree, reaching a height of . It can be found in...
  
  – ēlama, "lama" (Hawaiian)
• Diospyros hispida DC.
• Diospyros humilis
  Diospyros humilis
  Diospyros humilis is a small eastern Australian tree found throughout Queensland and extending into Northern New South Wales and the Northern Territory...
  
  – Queensland Ebony
• Diospyros ierensis Britton
• Diospyros inconstans Jacq. (= D. psidioides)
• Diospyros inhacaensis F.White
• Diospyros insignis Thwaites
• Diospyros insularis Bakh.f – Papua Ebony
• Diospyros japonica Siebold & Zucc.
• Diospyros juruensis A.C.Sm.
• Diospyros kaki – Japanese Persimmon
  Japanese persimmon
  Diospyros kaki, better known as the Japanese Persimmon, Kaki Persimmon or Asian Persimmon in North America, is the most widely cultivated species of the Diospyros genus...
  
  , Kaki Persimmon, Asian Persimmon, kaki, shizi (Chinese)
• Diospyros kirkii Hiern
• Diospyros kurzii – Andaman Marblewood
• Diospyros lanceifolia
• Diospyros leucomelas
• Diospyros littorea (R.Br.) Kosterm.
• Diospyros lokohensis
• Diospyros longibracteata Lecomte
• Diospyros lotus – Date-plum
  Date-plum
  Diospyros lotus, better known as the Date-plum or Caucasian Persimmon is a widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros, native to subtropical southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Its English name derives from the small fruit, which have a taste reminiscent of both plums and dates...
  
  , Caucasian Persimmon
• Diospyros lycioides Desf. – Bushveld Bluebush
  • Diospyros lycioides ssp. guerkei (Kuntze) De Winter
  • Diospyros lycioides ssp. lycioides
  • Diospyros lycioides ssp. nitens (Harv. ex Hiern) De Winter
  • Diospyros lycioides ssp. sericea (Bernh.) De Winter
• Diospyros mabacea
  Diospyros mabacea
  Diospyros mabacea, the Red-fruited Ebony is a rare rainforest tree in the Ebony or Persimmon family growing in north eastern New South Wales. Listed as endangered by extinction.- Habitat :...
  
  – Red-fruited Ebony
• Diospyros macrocalyx (= D. loureiroana)
• Diospyros macrophylla Blume – ajan kelicung (Indonesian)
• Diospyros major (G.Forst.) Bakh.f.
  • Diospyros major var. ebenus f. australiensis
• Diospyros malabarica
  Diospyros malabarica
  The Gaub Tree, Malabar ebony, Black-and-white Ebony or Pale Moon Ebony is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is native to the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia....
  
  (Desr.) Kostel. – Black-and-white Ebony, Pale Moon Ebony, Gaub Tree (= D. embryopteris, D. peregrina)
• Diospyros maritima Blume
• Diospyros marmorata R.N.Park. – Marblewood Ebony, "marblewood"
• Diospyros melanida – Ebène marbre (French)
• Diospyros melanoxylon
  Diospyros melanoxylon
  Coromandel Ebony or East Indian Ebony is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is native to India and Sri Lanka....
  
  – Coromandel Ebony
  Coromandel Ebony
  Makassar Ebony , is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its common name is derived from the main seaport on the island, Makassar....
  
  , East Indian Ebony, tendu (Hindi
  Hindi
  Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
  
  ), temburini
• Diospyros mespiliformis – Jackalberry
  Jackalberry
  Diospyros mespiliformis, the Jackalberry , is a large deciduous tree found mostly in the savannas of Africa. Jackals are fond of the fruits, hence the common names....
  
  , jakkalsbessie (Afrikaans
  Afrikaans
  Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
  
  ), "African Ebony"
• Diospyros mindanaensis Merr. (= D. rosenbluthii)
• Diospyros mollis Griff. – mặc nưa (Vietnamese), มะเกลือ (Thai)
• Diospyros montana Roxb. (= D. cordifolia, D. montana var. cordifolia)
• Diospyros moonii Thwaites
• Diospyros morrisiana Hance
• Diospyros multiflora
• Diospyros mun – Mun Ebony
• Diospyros natalensis (Harv.) Brenan
  • Diospyros natalensis ssp. natalensis
  • Diospyros natalensis ssp. nummularia (Brenan) F.White
• Diospyros nitida Merr.
• Diospyros oblongifolia (Thwaites) Kosterm.
• Diospyros oldhamii Maxim. (= D. taitoensis)
• Diospyros oleifera Cheng
• Diospyros pallens (Thunb.) F.White
• Diospyros papuana Valeton ex Bakh.f.
• Diospyros pavonii
• Diospyros pentamera
  Diospyros pentamera
  Diospyros pentamera is a common rainforest tree in the Ebony or Persimmon family growing from near Batemans Bay in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland in tropical Queensland, Australia...
  
  – Myrtle Ebony, Grey Persimmon, Black Myrtle, Grey Plum
• Diospyros philippinensis A.DC.
• Diospyros phlebodes (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
• Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco
• Diospyros piscatoria Gürke
• Diospyros poeppigiana
• Diospyros pyrrhocarpa Miq.
• Diospyros quaesita Thwaites
• Diospyros rhombifolia
• Diospyros ridleyi Bakh.f. (= D. crumenata auct. non Thwaites, D. pyrrhocarpa auct. non Miq., D. pyrrhocarpa var. andamanica, D. pyrrhocarpoides)
• Diospyros rosei Standl.
• Diospyros rotundifolia Hiern
• Diospyros rubra Lecomte
• Diospyros rumphii Bakh.f. (= D. macassar, D. utilis Koord & Val. (non Hemsl.))
• Diospyros samoensis A.Gray
• Diospyros sandwicensis
  Diospyros sandwicensis
  Diospyros sandwicensis is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. Its common name, Lama, also means enlightenment in Hawaiian. Lama is a small to medium-sized tree, with a height of and a trunk diameter of . It can be found in dry, coastal mesic,...
  
  – lama
  Lama
  Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...
  
  , "ēlama" (Hawaiian)
• Diospyros sapota Roxb.
• Diospyros sericea DC.
• Diospyros seychellarum
  Diospyros seychellarum
  Diospyros seychellarum, locally known as Bwa sagay, is a rare endemic plant from the Seychelles. It occurs on the islands of Mahé, Praslin, Silhouette and Felicite.-Description:...
  
  Seychelles
• Diospyros siamang (= D. elliptifolia)
• Diospyros simii (Kuntze) De Winter
• Diospyros sintenisii (Krug & Urb.) Standl.
• Diospyros sonorae Standl.
• Diospyros subrotata
• Diospyros subtruncata Hochr.
• Diospyros sundaica Bakh.f. (= D. pseudoebenum)
• Diospyros sylvatica Roxb.
• Diospyros tessellaria Poir. – Mauritius Ebony
• Diospyros texana
  Diospyros texana
  Diospyros texana is a species of persimmon that is native to central and west Texas and southwest Oklahoma in the United States, and eastern Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. Common names include Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon and the more ambiguous "black...
  
  – Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, chapote, chapote manzano, chapote prieto (Spanish), "black persimmon"
• Diospyros trichophylla (= D. pruriens)
• Diospyros tutcheri Dunn
• Diospyros venosa Wall. ex DC. (= D. hermaphroditica)
• Diospyros villosa (L.) De Winter

• Diospyros virginiana
  Diospyros virginiana
  Diospyros virginiana, commonly called the American persimmon, common persimmon, Eastern persimmon, "'simmon" and "possumwood", is a persimmon species known by a variety of names including. It ranges from New England to Florida, and west to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas...
  
  – American Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Possumwood
• Diospyros vitiensis
  • Diospyros vitiensis var. longisepala (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. (= D. globosa)
• Diospyros whyteana
  Diospyros whyteana
  Diospyros whyteana is a small African tree of the ebony family. Bearing dark green, strikingly glossy leaves and creamy fragrant flowers, it is increasingly cultivated in Southern African gardens as an attractive and strong ornamental tree...
  
  (Hiern) F.White
• Diospyros tomentosa
• Diospyros sp. 'Bamaga'
• Diospyros sp. 'Mt Lewis'
• Diospyros sp. 'Mt Spurgeon'