List of Diospyros species explained
the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and The Plant List recognise about 750 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names) in the plant genus Diospyros.
A
Accepted species as of May 2023:[1]
B
Accepted species as of May 2023:[1]
- Diospyros balansae
- Diospyros balfouriana
- Diospyros baloen-idjoek
- Diospyros bambuseti
- Diospyros bangkana
- Diospyros bangoiensis
- Diospyros baranensis
- Diospyros barberi
- Diospyros bardotiae
- Diospyros baroniana
- Diospyros barteri
- Diospyros batocana
- Diospyros beankensis
- Diospyros beberonnii
- Diospyros beccarioides
- Diospyros bejaudii
- Diospyros bemarivensis
- Diospyros benstonei
- Diospyros bernieriana
- Diospyros betamponensis
- Diospyros bezofensis
- Diospyros bibracteata
- Diospyros bipindensis
- Diospyros blancoi – kamagong, mabolo, butter fruit, velvet-apple
- Diospyros blepharophylla
- Diospyros blumutensis
- Diospyros boala
- Diospyros boinensis
- Diospyros boiviniana
- Diospyros boivinii
- Diospyros bonii
- Diospyros borbonica
- Diospyros borneensis
- Diospyros bourdillonii
- Diospyros boutoniana
- Diospyros brainii
- Diospyros brandisiana
- Diospyros brasiliensis
- Diospyros brassica
- Diospyros brevicalyx
- Diospyros brideliifolia
- Diospyros britannoborneensis
- Diospyros bullata
- Diospyros bumelioides
- Diospyros burmanica
- Diospyros bussei
- Diospyros buxifolia
C
Accepted species as of May 2023:[1]
D
Accepted species as of May 2023:[1]
E
F
G
- Diospyros gabunensis
- Diospyros gallo
- Diospyros galpinii
- Diospyros gambleana
- Diospyros gaultheriifolia
- Diospyros geminata
- Diospyros ghatensis
- Diospyros gigantocarpa
- Diospyros gillespiei
- var. nandarivatensis Diospyros gilletii
- Diospyros gillisonii
- Diospyros glabra
- Diospyros glabrata
- Diospyros glandulifera
- Diospyros glandulosa
- Diospyros glans
- Diospyros glaucifolia
- Diospyros glaucophylla
- Diospyros glomerata
- Diospyros goudotii
- Diospyros gracilescens
- Diospyros gracilipes — native to Madagascar
- Diospyros gracilis
- Diospyros greenwayi
- Diospyros greshoffiana
- Diospyros greveana
- subsp. boinensis Diospyros grex
- Diospyros grisebachii — ébano, native to Cuban cactus scrub ecoregion.
- Diospyros guatterioides
- Diospyros guianensis
H
- Diospyros haberi
- Diospyros hackenbergii
- Diospyros hainanensis
- Diospyros haivanensis
- Diospyros halesioides
- Diospyros hallieri
- Diospyros haplostylis
- Diospyros hartmanniana
- Diospyros hasseltii
- Diospyros hassleri
- Diospyros havilandii
- Diospyros hayatae
- Diospyros hazomainty
- Diospyros hebecarpa
- Diospyros hemiteles
- Diospyros heterosepala
- Diospyros heterotricha
- Diospyros heudelotii
- Diospyros hexamera
- Diospyros hierniana
- Diospyros hilairei
- Diospyros hillebrandii
- Diospyros hirsuta
- Diospyros hispida
- Diospyros holeana
- Diospyros holttumii
- Diospyros howii
- Diospyros hoyleana
- Diospyros humbertiana
- Diospyros humilis – Queensland ebony
I
- Diospyros implexicalyx
- Diospyros impolita
- Diospyros impressa
- Diospyros inconstans
- Diospyros inexplorata
- Diospyros inflata
- Diospyros inhacaensis
- Diospyros insidiosa
- Diospyros insignis
- Diospyros insularis – Papua ebony
- Diospyros intricata
- Diospyros ismailii
- Diospyros iturensis
J
- Diospyros janeirensis
- Diospyros janowskyi
- Diospyros japonica
- Diospyros javanica
- Diospyros johnstoniana
- Diospyros johorensis
- Diospyros juruensis
K
- Diospyros kabuyeana
- Diospyros kajangensis
- Diospyros kaki – Japanese persimmon, Kaki persimmon, Asian persimmon
- Diospyros kamerunensis
- Diospyros kanizur
- Diospyros kanurii
- Diospyros katendei
- Diospyros keningauensis
- Diospyros kerrii
- Diospyros ketsensis
- Diospyros ketun
- Diospyros kika
- Diospyros kingii
- Diospyros kintungensis
- Diospyros kirkii
- Diospyros kochummenii
- Diospyros koeboeensis
- Diospyros koenigii
- Diospyros kolom
- Diospyros kondor
- Diospyros korthalsiana
- Diospyros korupensis
- Diospyros kostermansii
- Diospyros kotoensis
- Diospyros krukovii
- Diospyros kupensis
- Diospyros kurzii – Andaman marblewood
L
- Diospyros labillardierei
- Diospyros laevis
- Diospyros lanceifolia
- Diospyros lanceolata
- Diospyros landii
- Diospyros lanticellata
- Diospyros lateralis
- Diospyros latisepala
- Diospyros latispathulata
- Diospyros leonardii
- Diospyros leonis
- Diospyros leucomelas
- Diospyros liberiensis
- Diospyros lissocarpoides
- Diospyros lobata
- Diospyros lolin
- Diospyros lolinopsis
- Diospyros longibracteata
- Diospyros longiciliata
- Diospyros longiflora
- Diospyros longipedicellata
- Diospyros longipilosa
- Diospyros longistyla
- Diospyros longshengensis
- Diospyros lotus – date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, lilac persimmon
- Diospyros loureiroana
- subsp. rufescens Diospyros louvelii
- Diospyros lunduensis
- Diospyros lycioides – Bushveld Bluebush
M
- Diospyros mabacea – Red-fruited ebony
- Diospyros maclurei
- Diospyros macrocarpa
- Diospyros macrophylla
- Diospyros madecassa
- Diospyros mafiensis
- Diospyros magogoana
- Diospyros maingayi
- Diospyros major
- Diospyros malabarica – black-and-white ebony, pale moon ebony, malabar ebony, gaub tree
- Diospyros malaccensis
- Diospyros malacothrix
- Diospyros manampetsae
- Diospyros manausensis
- Diospyros mangabensis
- Diospyros mangorensis
- Diospyros mannii
- Diospyros manu
- Diospyros mapingo
- Diospyros margaretae
- Diospyros maritima
- Diospyros marmorata – marblewood ebony, "marblewood"
- Diospyros martabanica
- Diospyros martini
- Diospyros masoalensis
- Diospyros matheriana
- Diospyros mattogrossensis
- Diospyros megasepala
- Diospyros melanida
- Diospyros melanoxylon – Coromandel ebony, East Indian ebony
- Diospyros mespiliformis – jackalberry, african ebony
- Diospyros metcalfii
- Diospyros mexiae
- Diospyros miaoshanica
- Diospyros micrantha
- Diospyros micromera
- Diospyros microrhombus
- Diospyros miltonii
- Diospyros minahassae
- Diospyros mindanaensis
- Diospyros minimifolia
- Diospyros minutiflora
- Diospyros minutiloba
- Diospyros moi
- Diospyros mollis
- Diospyros mollissima
- Diospyros monbuttensis
- Diospyros montana
- Diospyros moonii
- Diospyros morrisiana
- Diospyros multibracteata
- Diospyros multiflora
- Diospyros multimaculata C.Puglisi[3]
- Diospyros multinervis
- Diospyros mun – mun ebony
- Diospyros muricata
- Diospyros mweroensis
- Diospyros myrmecocarpa
- Diospyros myrtifolia
N
- Diospyros nana
- Diospyros nanay
- Diospyros natalensis
- Diospyros natalensis subsp. nummularia Diospyros navillei
- Diospyros nebulosa
- Diospyros neglecta
- Diospyros neilgerrensis
- Diospyros nemorosa
- Diospyros nenab
- Diospyros neraudii
- Diospyros neurosepala
- Diospyros nhatrangensis
- Diospyros nigra — black sapote, chocolate pudding fruit, black persimmon[4]
- Diospyros nigricans
- Diospyros nigrocortex
- Diospyros nilagirica
- Diospyros nitida
- Diospyros nodosa
- Diospyros normanbyensis
- Diospyros novoguineensis
- Diospyros nummulariifolia
- Diospyros nur
- Diospyros nutans
O
P
- Diospyros pahangensis
- Diospyros palauensis
- Diospyros palembanica
- Diospyros pallens
- Diospyros palmeri
- Diospyros panamensis
- Diospyros pancheri
- Diospyros panguana
- Diospyros paniculata
- Diospyros papuana
- Diospyros parabuxifolia
- Diospyros paraensis
- Diospyros parifolia
- Diospyros parviflora
- Diospyros parvifolia
- Diospyros pauciflora
- Diospyros peekelii
- Diospyros pemadasae
- Diospyros penangiana
- Diospyros pendula
- Diospyros penibukanensis
- Diospyros pentamera – myrtle ebony, grey persimmon, black myrtle, grey plum
- Diospyros perakensis
- Diospyros perfida
- Diospyros perglauca
- Diospyros perplexa
- Diospyros perreticulata
- Diospyros perrieri
- Diospyros pervillei
- Diospyros phanrangensis
- Diospyros philippinensis
- Diospyros phlebodes
- Diospyros phuketensis
- Diospyros physocalycina
- Diospyros pierrei
- Diospyros pilosanthera
- Diospyros pilosiuscula
- Diospyros piresii
- Diospyros piscatoria
- Diospyros piscicapa
- Diospyros platanoides
- Diospyros platycalyx
- Diospyros plectosepala
- Diospyros poeppigiana
- Diospyros polita
- Diospyros polystemon
- Diospyros poncei
- Diospyros potamica
- Diospyros potingensis
- Diospyros preussii
- Diospyros pruinosa
- var. geayana Diospyros pruriens
- Diospyros pseudoharmandii
- Diospyros pseudomalabarica
- Diospyros pseudomespilus
- subsp. undabunda Diospyros pseudoxylopia
- Diospyros pterocalyx
- Diospyros pubescens
- Diospyros pulchra
- Diospyros puncticulosa
- Diospyros punctilimba
- Diospyros pustulata
- Diospyros pyrrhocarpa
Q
R
Accepted species as of February 2024:[1]
- Diospyros rabehevitrae
- Diospyros rabiensis
- Diospyros rakotovaoi
- Diospyros ramiflora
- Diospyros ramisonii
- Diospyros ramulosa
- Diospyros ranirisonii
- Diospyros ranongensis
- Diospyros ratovosonii
- Diospyros reinae
- Diospyros rekoi
- Diospyros relit
- Diospyros reticulinervis
- Diospyros retusa
- Diospyros revaughanii
- Diospyros revoluta – zapote negro, black apple. Native to Hispaniola (Hispaniolan moist forests ecoregion), Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, and Windward Islands
- Diospyros revolutissima
- Diospyros rheophila
- Diospyros rheophytica
- Diospyros rhodocalyx
- Diospyros rhododendroides
- Diospyros rhombifolia
- Diospyros ridleyi
- Diospyros ridsdalei
- Diospyros riedelii
- Diospyros rigida
- Diospyros robolot
- Diospyros ropourea
- Diospyros rosei
- Diospyros rostrata
- Diospyros rotok
- Diospyros rotundifolia
- Diospyros rubicunda
- Diospyros rubripetiolata
- Diospyros rufa
- Diospyros rufogemmata
- Diospyros rufotomentosa
- Diospyros rugosula
- Diospyros rumphii
S
T
Accepted species as of February 2024:[1]
- Diospyros taikintana
- Diospyros tampinensis
- Diospyros tampolensis
- Diospyros tarim
- Diospyros tehno C.Puglisi, Jimbo & Hagwood[7]
- Diospyros tenuiflora
- Diospyros tenuipes
- Diospyros tepu
- Diospyros terminalis
- Diospyros tero
- Diospyros tessellaria – Mauritius ebony
- Diospyros tessmannii
- Diospyros tetraceros
- Diospyros tetrandra
- Diospyros tetrapoda
- Diospyros tetrasperma
- Diospyros texana – Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon, black persimmon
- Diospyros thaiensis
- Diospyros thomasii
- Diospyros thorelii
- Diospyros thouarsii
- Diospyros thwaitesii
- Diospyros tireliae
- Diospyros tonkinensis
- Diospyros toposia
- Diospyros torquata
- Diospyros touranensis
- Diospyros toxicaria
- Diospyros transita
- Diospyros transitoria
- Diospyros trengganuensis
- Diospyros trianthos
- Diospyros trichophylla
- Diospyros tricolor
- Diospyros tridentata
- Diospyros tristis
- Diospyros trisulca
- Diospyros trombetensis
- Diospyros tropophylla
- Diospyros troupinii
- Diospyros truncata
- Diospyros truncatifolia
- Diospyros tsangii
- Diospyros tuberculata
- Diospyros turfosa
- Diospyros tutcheri
U
- Diospyros uaupensis
- Diospyros ubaita
- Diospyros ulo
- Diospyros umbrosa
- Diospyros undulata
- Diospyros unisemina
- Diospyros urep
- Diospyros urschii
- Diospyros uzungwaensis
V
- Diospyros vaccinioides
- Diospyros variegata
- Diospyros veillonii
- Diospyros velutinosa
- Diospyros velutipes
- Diospyros venenosa
- Diospyros venosa
- Diospyros vermoesenii
- Diospyros verrucosa
- Diospyros vescoi
- Diospyros vestita
- Diospyros vieillardii
- Diospyros vignei
- Diospyros villosa
- Diospyros villosiuscula
- Diospyros virgata
- Diospyros virginiana – American persimmon, Eastern persimmon, Common persimmon, possumwood, simmon, sugar-plum
- Diospyros viridicans
- Diospyros vitiensis
W
X
- Diospyros xavantina
- Diospyros xiangguiensis
- Diospyros xishuangbannaensis
Y
- Diospyros yaouhensis
- Diospyros yatesiana
- Diospyros yeobi
- Diospyros yomomo
- Diospyros yucatanensis
- subsp. spectabilis Diospyros yunnanensis
Z
- Diospyros zenkeri
- Diospyros zhenfengensis
- Diospyros zombensis
Notes and References
- Diospyros L. . 326017-2 . 15 May 2023.
- http://www.tropicos.org/Name/19000831 Tropicos.org: Diospyros domingensis
- Puglisi . C. . Jimbo . Tiberius . Hagwood . Austin . TWO NEW SPECIES OF DIOSPYROS (EBENACEAE) FROM NEW GUINEA . Edinburgh Journal of Botany . Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . 79 . 2022-07-11 . 1474-0036 . 10.24823/ejb.2022.1879 . 1–10.
- https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/black_sapote.html Purdue.edu; Horticulture: Diospyros digyna Black Sapote
- http://eol.org/pages/5239284/details EOL: Diospyros samoensis
- Micronesica 40:169: Diospyros samoensis.
- Puglisi . C. . Jimbo . Tiberius . Hagwood . Austin . TWO NEW SPECIES OF DIOSPYROS (EBENACEAE) FROM NEW GUINEA . Edinburgh Journal of Botany . Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . 79 . 2022-07-11 . 1474-0036 . 10.24823/ejb.2022.1879 . 1–10.
