Diospyros chloroxylon

Diospyros chloroxylon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species:
D. chloroxylon
Binomial name
Diospyros chloroxylon
Synonyms[1]
  • Diospyros capitulata Wight, 1848
  • Diospyros chloroxylon var. cupulosa V.Singh, 2005
  • Diospyros insculpta Buch.-Ham., 1827
  • Diospyros spinosa Hiern, 1873
  • Diospyros tomentosa Poir., 1804

Diospyros chloroxylon, the green ebony persimmon, is a wild fruit-bearing plant in the family Ebenaceae.[2] It is the indigenous fruit of the Indian subcontinent, and both unripe and ripe fruits are eaten by tribal people.[3]

  1. ^ "Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb". Plants of the World Online.
  2. ^ "Green Ebony Persimmon - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ^ Murthy, Hosakatte Niranjana; Dalawai, Dayanand; Arer, Irappa; Karadakatti, Prashant; Hafiz, Kaneez (2022-12-31). "Nutritional Value of Underutilized Fruit: Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb. (Green Ebony Persimmon)". International Journal of Fruit Science. 22 (1): 249–263. doi:10.1080/15538362.2021.2023065. ISSN 1553-8362.