Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asian persimmon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bara amlook	Other	Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
barihu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
buah pisang kaki	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buah samak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
calyx kaki	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
caqui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese date	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese persimmon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
date plum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gamnamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gya yung ba tsa kha hri tsi	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
halwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hóng shì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
japanese persimmon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaaki chendu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaki thendu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaki calyx	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kaki del japón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaki persimmon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kakibaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kakipflaume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kesemak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kesemek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
men	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
oriantal persimmon	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oriental persimmon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
persimmon	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
persimmon calyx	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
persimmon calyx and receptacle	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
persimmon tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
phlap chin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pisang kaki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
placa minera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rague mine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rgya yung ba tshwa kha (hri tsi)	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shi	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
shi di	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shidi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
shih di	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shizi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shì yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tinduka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ziar amlook	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
རྒྱ་ཡུང་བ་ཚྭ་ཁ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
柿	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿丁	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
柿仔	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
柿叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿子把	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
柿木皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿漆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿萼	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
柿蒂	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
柿錢	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
柿霜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柿饼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油柿子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
秭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紅柿	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
红柿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鎮頭迦	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
calyx	dried persistent calyx	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
calyx	dried persistent calyx	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Ripe fruit		Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Bark		Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
Fruit, Persistent calyx		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
persistent calyx	dried persistent calyx	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruits		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, whole plant, leaves		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
calyx, peduncle of fruit, seed, fruit, pulp, leaves	roasted seed	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
calyx	dried persistent calyx	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
calyx		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Diospyros amara Perr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 112 (1825).
Diospyros argyi H.Lév. Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona, n.s., 12(22): 10 (1916).
Diospyros bertii André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887).
Diospyros chinensis Blume Catalogus: 110 (1823), not validly publ.
Diospyros costata Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 134 (1870).
Diospyros kaempferi Naudin Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 226 (1880).
Diospyros kaki var. aurantium André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887).
Diospyros kaki var. costata (Carrière) André Ill. Hort. 18: 176 (1871).
Diospyros kaki var. domestica Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 159 (1908).
Diospyros kaki var. elliptica André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887).
Diospyros kaki var. lycopersicon (Carrière) Arcang. Bull. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic., ser. 4, 4: 24 (1919).
Diospyros kaki var. macrantha Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 802 (1936).
Diospyros kaki var. mazelii (Carrière) Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 969 (1896).
Diospyros kaki var. sahuti André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 349 (1887).
Diospyros kaki var. silvestris Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 159 (1908).
Diospyros lycopersicon Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 50: 470 (1878).
Diospyros mazelii Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 70 (1874).
Diospyros roxburghii Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 44: 253 (1872).
Diospyros schi-tse Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 42 (1833).
Diospyros sinensis Naudin Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 211 (1880).
Diospyros sphenophylla Hiern J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 62 (1925).
Diospyros trichocarpa R.H.Miao Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 32(4): 63 (1993).
Diospyros wieseneri Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 83 (1887).
Embryopteris kaki (Thunb.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 41 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Diospiros kaki L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Diospyros kaki	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Diospyros kaki L.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Diospyros kaki L. f.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Diospyros kaki L. f.,	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Diospyros kaki L.f.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Diospyros kaki Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Diospyros kaki Linn. f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Diospyros kaki Thunb.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Diospyros kaki Thunberg	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Diospyrus kaki L.	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)

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