Plant Details

Accepted name:: Diospyros virginiana L. [Ebenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american persimmon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
black sapote	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caqui de virginia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caqui silvestre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common persimmon	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
persimmon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
persimon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
persimone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
plaqueminier d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Diospyros lucida Loudon Gard. Mag. (London), n.s., 7: 394 (1841).
Diospyros angustifolia Audib. ex Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 405 (1840).
Diospyros calycina Audib. ex Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 405 (1840).
Diospyros caroliniana Muhl. ex Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 139 (1817).
Diospyros ciliata Raf. New Fl. 3: 25 (1838).
Diospyros concolor Moench Methodus: 470 (1794).
Diospyros coronaria Mottet Dict. Prat. Hort. 2: 218 (1893-1894).
Diospyros digyna Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 627 (1842).
Diospyros distyla K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 205 (1873).
Diospyros fertilis Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1197 (1838).
Diospyros guaiacana C.C.Robin Voy. Int. Louisiane 3: 417 (1807).
Diospyros intermedia Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 627 (1842).
Diospyros mosieri Small J. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 33 (1921).
Diospyros persimon Wikstr. Jahresber. Königl. Schwed. Akad. Wiss. Fortschr. Bot. 1830: 92 (1834).
Diospyros pubescens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 265 (1813), nom. illeg.
Diospyros stricta Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 627 (1842), nom. illeg.
Diospyros undulata Hiern Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 215 (1873), nom. illeg.
Diospyros virginiana var. angustifolia Rob. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 6: 556 (1874).
Diospyros virginiana f. atra Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 170 (1921).
Diospyros virginiana var. concolor (Moench) Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 155 (1828).
Diospyros virginiana var. insignis Rob. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 6: 556 (1874).
Diospyros virginiana var. lucida Rob. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 6: 556 (1874).
Diospyros virginiana var. macrocarpa Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 155 (1828).
Diospyros virginiana var. microcarpa Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 155 (1828).
Diospyros virginiana subsp. mosieri (Small) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 20 (1982).
Diospyros virginiana var. mosieri (Small) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 170 (1921).
Diospyros virginiana var. perquinii Rob. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 6: 556 (1874).
Diospyros virginiana var. platycarpa Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 168 (1921).
Diospyros virginiana var. pubescens Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 2: 46 (1849).
Diospyros virginiana f. pumila E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 616 (1935).
Persimon virginiana (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 164 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Diospiros virginiana L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Diospyros lucida Loudon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Diospyros virginiana	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Diospyros virginiana L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images