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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Diospyros |
| Species: | D. kaki
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.svg) The Chinese character for "persimmon" | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 柿(子) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 감 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Diospyros kaki, the Oriental persimmon,[2] Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon,[3] is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780,[4][3] D. kaki cultivation in China dates back more than 2000 years.
- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2021). "Diospyros gokugaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T173538A197891373. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 443. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ a b "Diospyros kaki". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Published in Nova Acta Soc. Sc. Upsal. iii. 208, author Carl Peter Thunberg, [Thunb.] (1780); later in Fl. Jap. 157, author Thunb. (1784)."Plant Name Details for Diospyros kaki". IPNI. Retrieved 12 October 2009.