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Taxon:  Diospyros kaki Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Diospyros
Family:
Ebenaceae
Nomen number:
14293
Place of publication:
Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 3:208. 1780
Comment:
non Diospyros kaki L. f. (1781)
Verified:
06/06/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Diospyros kaki Thunb. var. kaki (0 active accession[s])
Diospyros kaki Thunb. var. sylvestris Makino (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Diospyros chinensis Blume, nom. nud.
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Reference(s)
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  3. Choi, Y. A. et al. 2002. Multi-color genomic in situ hybridization identifies parental chromosome in somatic hybrids of Diospyros kaki and D. glandulosa. HortScience 37:184-186.
  4. Choi, Y. A. et al. 2003. Genomic in situ hybridization between persimmon (Diospyros kaki) and several wild species of Diospyros. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 72:385-388. Note: cultivated Diospyros kaki could be hexaploid (2n=90) or nonaploid (2x=135)
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  25. Yonemori, K. et al. 2008. Phylogeny and cultivar development of Diospyros kaki: a survey based on molecular analyses. Advances Hort. Sci. 22:261-268.
  26. Yonemori, K. et al. 2008. Sequence analyses of the ITS regions and the matK gene for determining phylogenetic relationships pf Diospyros kaki (persimmon) with other wild Diospyros (Ebenaceae) species. Tree Genet. Genomes 4:149-158.
Common names
English
Chinese persimmon –
Japanese persimmon –
kaki –
kaki persimmon –
Oriental persimmon –
French
rague mine –
German
Kakibaum –
Kakipflaume –
Malay
pisang kaki –
Spanish
caqui –
kaki del Japón –
placa minera –
Swedish
kaki –
Transcribed Chinese
shi –
Transcribed Korean
gamnamu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2Cultivated    lesser cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Luo, Z. & R. Wang. 2008. Persimmon in China: Domestication and traditional utilizations of genetic resources. Advances Hort. Sci. 22:239-243.
Human foodfruit Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Human foodsugar Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Materialswood Jayaraman, U. 1996. Economic importance of the genus Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in India. Indian Forester 122:1040.
Medicinesfolklore Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:154.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14293. Accessed 17 May 2025.