List of Diospyros species

***Diospyros*** is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. Most of them are native to the tropics, with only a few species in the temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark timber, are commonly known as **ebony** trees, while others are valued for their fruit and known as **persimmon trees**. Some are useful as ornamentals and many are of local ecological importance. Species of this genus are generally dioecious, with separate male and female plants.

## A
Accepted species as of May 2023:

* *Diospyros abyssinica*  
* *Diospyros acapulcensis*  
** subsp. *nicaraguensis*  
** subsp. *verae-crucis*  
* *Diospyros acocksii*  
* *Diospyros acris*  
* *Diospyros aculeata*  
* *Diospyros acuminata*  
* *Diospyros acuta*  
* *Diospyros adenophora*  
* *Diospyros adiensis*  
* *Diospyros aequoris*  
** subsp. *martineziana*  
** subsp. *rekoi*  
* *Diospyros affinis* 
* *Diospyros agnitser*  
* *Diospyros aifatensis*  
* *Diospyros alatella*  
* *Diospyros albiflora*  
* *Diospyros alboflavescens*  
* *Diospyros alisu*  
* *Diospyros alpina*  
* *Diospyros amabi*  
* *Diospyros amanap*  
* *Diospyros amaniensis* 
* *Diospyros ambajensis*  
* *Diospyros amboinensis* 
* *Diospyros amborelloides*  
* *Diospyros analamerensis*  
* *Diospyros andamanica*  
* *Diospyros andohahelensis*  
* *Diospyros angulata*  
* *Diospyros anisandra*  
* *Diospyros anisocalyx*  
* *Diospyros anitae*  
* *Diospyros anosivolensis*  
* *Diospyros antakaranae*  
* *Diospyros antongilensis*  
* *Diospyros antsirananae*  
* *Diospyros apeibocarpos*  
* *Diospyros apiculata*  
* *Diospyros arenicola*  
* *Diospyros areolata*  
* *Diospyros areolifolia*  
* *Diospyros argentea*  
* *Diospyros armata*  
* *Diospyros artanthifolia*  
* *Diospyros arupaj*  
* *Diospyros atrata*  
* *Diospyros attenuata*  
* *Diospyros aurea*  
* *Diospyros australis*  – yellow persimmon, black plum, grey plum

## B
Accepted species as of May 2023:
* *Diospyros dumetorum*  
* *Diospyros dussaudii* 

## E
* *Diospyros ebenifera*  
* *Diospyros ebenoides*  
* *Diospyros ebenum*  – Ceylon ebony, India ebony, "ebony"
* *Diospyros eburnea*  
* *Diospyros egleri*  
* *Diospyros egrettarum*  
* *Diospyros ehretioides*  
* *Diospyros ekodul*  
* *Diospyros elegans*  
* *Diospyros elephasii*  
* *Diospyros elliotii*  
* *Diospyros ellipsoidea*  
* *Diospyros elliptica* — native to Lakeba, Fiji.
* *Diospyros elliptifolia*  
* *Diospyros eriantha*  
* *Diospyros erudita*  
* *Diospyros erythrosperma*  
* *Diospyros esmereg*  
* *Diospyros eucalyptifolia*  
* *Diospyros euphlehia*  
* *Diospyros evena*  
* *Diospyros everettii*  
* *Diospyros exculpta*  

## F
* *Diospyros fanjingshanica*  
* *Diospyros fasciculosa*  — native to Australia
* *Diospyros fastidiosa*  
* *Diospyros feliciana*  
* *Diospyros fenal*  
* *Diospyros fengchangensis*  
* *Diospyros fengii*  
* *Diospyros ferox*  
* *Diospyros ferrea*  
* *Diospyros ferruginescens*  
* *Diospyros filipendula*  
* *Diospyros filipes*  
* *Diospyros fischeri*  
* *Diospyros flavocarpa*  
* *Diospyros fleuryana*  
* *Diospyros foliolosa*  
* *Diospyros foliosa*  
* *Diospyros forbesii*  
* *Diospyros forrestii*  
* *Diospyros foxworthyi*  
* *Diospyros fragrans*  
* *Diospyros froesii*  
* *Diospyros frutescens*  
* *Diospyros fulvopilosa*  
* *Diospyros fuscovelutina*  
* *Diospyros fusicarpa*  
* *Diospyros fusiformis*  

## 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*  
** subsp. *akaraiensis*  

## 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
** subsp. *guerkei*  
** subsp. *nitens*  
** subsp. *sericea* 

## 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
** var. *tupru*  
* *Diospyros melocarpa*  
* *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 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
* *Diospyros nigricans*  
* *Diospyros nigrocortex*  
* *Diospyros nilagirica*  
* *Diospyros nitida*  
* *Diospyros nodosa*  
* *Diospyros normanbyensis*  
* *Diospyros novoguineensis*  
* *Diospyros nummulariifolia*  
* *Diospyros nur*  
* *Diospyros nutans*  

## O
* *Diospyros oaxacana*  
* *Diospyros obliquifolia*  
* *Diospyros oblonga*  
* *Diospyros oblongifolia*  
* *Diospyros occlusa*  
* *Diospyros occulta*  
* *Diospyros okkesii*  
* *Diospyros oldhamii*  
* *Diospyros oleifera*  
* *Diospyros olen*  
* *Diospyros oligantha*  
* *Diospyros oliviformis*  
* *Diospyros onanae*  
* *Diospyros oocarpa*  
* *Diospyros opaca*  
* *Diospyros oppositifolia*  
* *Diospyros orthioneura*  
* *Diospyros ottohuberi*  
* *Diospyros oubatchensis*  
* *Diospyros ovalifolia*  
* *Diospyros ovalis*  
* *Diospyros oxycarpa*  

## 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
* *Diospyros quaesita*  
* *Diospyros quiloensis*  

## R
* *Diospyros rabiensis*  
* *Diospyros racemosa*  
* *Diospyros ramiflora*  
* *Diospyros ramulosa*  
* *Diospyros ranongensis*  
* *Diospyros rekoi*  
* *Diospyros relit*  
* *Diospyros reticulinervis*  
* *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 rheophytica*  
* *Diospyros rhodocalyx*  
* *Diospyros rhododendroides*  
* *Diospyros rhombifolia*  
* *Diospyros ridleyi*  
* *Diospyros ridsdalei*  
* *Diospyros riedelii*  
* *Diospyros rigida*  
* *Diospyros ropourea*  
* *Diospyros rosei*  
* *Diospyros rostrata*  
* *Diospyros rotok*  
* *Diospyros rotundifolia*  
* *Diospyros rubicunda*  
* *Diospyros rufa*  
* *Diospyros rufogemmata*  
* *Diospyros rumphii*  

## S
* *Diospyros sahayadryensis*  
* *Diospyros sakalavarum*  
* *Diospyros saldanhae*  
* *Diospyros salicifolia*  
* *Diospyros salletii*  
* *Diospyros samoensis*  — native to Samoan Archipelago & other islands of Micronesia/Polynesia.
* *Diospyros sandwicensis*  
* *Diospyros sankurensis*  
* *Diospyros santaremnensis*  
* *Diospyros sanza-minika*  
* *Diospyros savannarum*  
* *Diospyros saxatilis*  
* *Diospyros saxicola*  
* *Diospyros scabiosa*  
* *Diospyros scabra*  
* *Diospyros scabrida*  
* *Diospyros scalariformis*  
* *Diospyros schmutzii*  
* *Diospyros sclerophylla*  
* *Diospyros scortechinii*  
* *Diospyros scottmorii*  
* *Diospyros selangorensis*  
* *Diospyros senensis*  
* *Diospyros sericea*  
* *Diospyros serrana*  
* *Diospyros seychellarum*  
* *Diospyros shimbaensis*  
* *Diospyros siamang*  
* *Diospyros sichourensis*  
* *Diospyros siderophylla*  
* *Diospyros simaloerensis*  
* *Diospyros simii*  
* *Diospyros sinaloensis*  
* *Diospyros singaporensis*  
* *Diospyros sintenisii*  — endemic to Puerto Rico
* *Diospyros sleumeri*  
* *Diospyros sogeriensis*  
* *Diospyros sonorae*  
* *Diospyros soporifera*  
* *Diospyros sororia*  
* *Diospyros soubreana*  
* *Diospyros soyauxii*  
* *Diospyros sparsirama*  
* *Diospyros sphaerosepala*  
* *Diospyros sprucei*  
* *Diospyros squamifolia*  
* *Diospyros squamosa*  
* *Diospyros squarrosa*  
* *Diospyros streptosepala*  
* *Diospyros stricta*  
* *Diospyros strigosa*  
* *Diospyros striicalyx*  
* *Diospyros styraciformis*  
* *Diospyros suaveolens*  
* *Diospyros subacuta*  
* *Diospyros subenervis*  
* *Diospyros subfalciformis*  
* *Diospyros subrhomboidea*  
* *Diospyros subrotata*  
* *Diospyros subsessilifolia*  
* *Diospyros subsessilis*  
* *Diospyros subtrinervis*  
* *Diospyros subtruncata*  
* *Diospyros sulcata*  
* *Diospyros sumatrana*  
* *Diospyros sundaica*  
* *Diospyros sunyiensis*  
* *Diospyros susarticulata*  
* *Diospyros sutchuensis*  
* *Diospyros sylvatica* 

## T
* *Diospyros tampinensis*  
* *Diospyros tarim*  
* *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 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 troupinii*  
* *Diospyros truncata*  
* *Diospyros truncatifolia*  
* *Diospyros tsangii*  
* *Diospyros tuberculata*  
* *Diospyros turfosa*  
* *Diospyros tutcheri*  
* *Diospyros uaupensis*  

## U
* *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*  
** var. *olivacea*  
* *Diospyros vera*  
* *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*  
** var. *longisepala*  

## W
* *Diospyros wagemansii*  
* *Diospyros wajirensis*  
* *Diospyros walkeri*  
* *Diospyros wallichii*  
* *Diospyros weddellii*  
* *Diospyros whitei*  
* *Diospyros whitfordii*  
* *Diospyros whyteana*  – Cape ebony
* *Diospyros winitii*  

## 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* 

## References