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Diospyros kaki - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Ripening fruit - Click to enlarge!

Ripening fruit; Valença do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valença do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Valença do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valença do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 6/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diospyros kaki - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1101
Date of entry: 28.06.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Japanese Persimmon, Kaki

German: Kaki Pflaume

Mandarin: 柿 (shi)

Portuguese: Diospiro

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ebenales (1)

        Family: Ebenaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Diospyros (1)

            Epithet: kaki L. f. (1)

Synonym: Diospyros amara Perrier

amara => bitter

kaki => derived from the Japanese word for D. kaki 'kaki-no-ki'

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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