# สกุลมะพลับ
สกุลมะพลับ หรือ Diospyros เป็นสกุลที่มีสมาชิก 450–500 สปีชีส์ ซึ่งไม่ผลัดใบ มีทั้งไม้ยืนต้นและไม้พุ่ม ส่วนใหญ่เป็นพืชพื้นเมืองในเขตร้อน  หลายสปีชีส์จะเป็นที่รู้จักในชื่อพลับ  บางชนิดเนื้อไม้แข็ง คุณภาพดี บางชนิดผลรับประทานได้ 
ตัวอย่างสปีชีส์
thumb|ดอก Diospyros chloroxylon 
thumb|right|ผลD. decandra 
thumb|right|Diospyros dichrophylla
thumb|right|D. ferrea
thumb|right|ใบและผลอ่อนของ D. geminata
thumb|right|D. rhombifolia
thumb|right|ผลอ่อนของ D. whyteana
thumb|ใบ Diospyros buxifolia
 Diospyros acocksii (De Winter) De Winter
 Diospyros acris
 Diospyros affinis Thwaites
 Diospyros apeibacarpos Raddi
 Diospyros armata
 Diospyros attenuata Thwaites
 Diospyros australis - Yellow Persimmon, Black Plum, "grey plum"
 Diospyros austroafricana De Winter
 Diospyros barberi
 Diospyros batocana Hiern
 Diospyros blancoi - Mabolo, Velvet-apple
 Diospyros brandisiana Kz.
 Diospyros canaliculata (= D. cauliflora, D. xanthochlamys)
 Diospyros candolleana
 Diospyros caribaea (A.DC.) Standl.
 Diospyros castanea (Craib) Fletcher
 Diospyros cathayensis Steward (= D. sinensis)
 Diospyros cauliflora Blume
 Diospyros celebica - Makassar Ebony
 Diospyros chamaethamnus  - Sand Apple
 Diospyros chloroxylon
 Diospyros clavigera C.B.Clarke
 Diospyros confertifolia
 Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm.
 Diospyros consolataei
 Diospyros conzattii Standl.
 Diospyros crumenata Thwaites
 Diospyros crassiflora Nesbitt - Gaboon Ebony
 Diospyros crassinervis (Krug & Urb.) Standl.
 Diospyros decandra Lour. - Gold Apple

 Diospyros dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter
 Diospyros digyna - Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, "black persimmon"
 Diospyros diversifolia
 Diospyros ebenum - Ceylon Ebony, India Ebony, "ebony"
 Diospyros elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) P.S.Green
 Diospyros eriantha Champ. ex Benth.
 Diospyros fasciculosa
 Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.f.
 Diospyros fischeri
 Diospyros geminata
 Diospyros glabra (L.) De Winter
 Diospyros glandulosa Lace
 Diospyros glaucifolia F.P.Metcalf
 Diospyros gracilipes (Madagaskar)
 Diospyros grisebachii (Hiern) Standl.
 Diospyros guianensis (Aubl.) Gürke
 Diospyros halesioides Griseb.
 Diospyros hillebrandii
 Diospyros hispida DC.
 Diospyros humilis  - Queensland Ebony
 Diospyros ierensis Britton
 Diospyros inconstans Jacq. (= D. psidioides)
 Diospyros inhacaensis F.White
 Diospyros insignis Thwaites
 Diospyros insularis Bakh.f - Papua Ebony
 Diospyros japonica Siebold & Zucc.
 Diospyros juruensis A.C.Sm.
 Diospyros kaki - Japanese Persimmon, Kaki Persimmon, Asian Persimmon
 Diospyros kirkii Hiern
 Diospyros kurzii  - Andaman Marblewood
 Diospyros lanceifolia
 Diospyros leucomelas
 Diospyros littorea (R.Br.) Kosterm.
 Diospyros lokohensis
 Diospyros longibracteata Lecomte
 Diospyros lotus - Date-plum, Caucasian Persimmon
 Diospyros lycioides Desf. - Bushveld Bluebush
 Diospyros lycioides ssp. guerkei (Kuntze) De Winter
 Diospyros lycioides ssp. lycioides
 Diospyros lycioides ssp. nitens (Harv. ex Hiern) De Winter
 Diospyros lycioides ssp. sericea (Bernh.) De Winter
 Diospyros mabacea - Red-fruited Ebony
 Diospyros macrocalyx (= D. loureiroana)
 Diospyros macrophylla Blume
 Diospyros major (G.Forst.) Bakh.f.
 Diospyros major var. ebenus f. australiensis
 Diospyros malabarica  – black-and-white ebony, pale moon ebony, Malabar ebony, gaub tree
 Diospyros maritima Blume
 Diospyros marmorata R.N.Park. - Marblewood Ebony, "marblewood"
 Diospyros melanida 
 Diospyros melanoxylon - Coromandel Ebony, East Indian Ebony
 Diospyros mespiliformis - Jackalberry, "African Ebony"
 Diospyros mindanaensis Merr. (= D. rosenbluthii)
 Diospyros mollis Griff.
 Diospyros montana Roxb. (= D. cordifolia, D. montana var. cordifolia)
 Diospyros moonii Thwaites
 Diospyros morrisiana Hance
 Diospyros multiflora
 Diospyros mun  - Mun Ebony
 Diospyros natalensis (Harv.) Brenan
 Diospyros natalensis ssp. natalensis
 Diospyros natalensis ssp. nummularia (Brenan) F.White
 Diospyros nitida Merr.
 Diospyros oblongifolia (Thwaites) Kosterm.
 Diospyros oldhamii Maxim. (= D. taitoensis)
 Diospyros oleifera Cheng
 Diospyros pallens (Thunb.) F.White
 Diospyros papuana Valeton ex Bakh.f.
 Diospyros pavonii
 Diospyros pentamera - Myrtle Ebony, Grey Persimmon, Black Myrtle, Grey Plum
 Diospyros philippinensis A.DC.
 Diospyros phlebodes (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
 Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco
 Diospyros piscatoria Gürke
 Diospyros poeppigiana
 Diospyros pyrrhocarpa Miq.
 Diospyros quaesita Thwaites
 Diospyros rhombifolia
 Diospyros ridleyi  Bakh.f. (= D. crumenata auct. non Thwaites, D. pyrrhocarpa auct. non Miq., D. pyrrhocarpa var. andamanica, D. pyrrhocarpoides)
 Diospyros rosei Standl.
 Diospyros rotundifolia Hiern
 Diospyros rubra Lecomte
 Diospyros rumphii Bakh.f. (= D. macassar, D. utilis Koord & Val. (non Hemsl.))
 Diospyros samoensis A.Gray
 Diospyros sandwicensis Diospyros sapota Roxb.
 Diospyros sericea DC.
 Diospyros seychellarum Seychelles
 Diospyros siamang (= D. elliptifolia)
 Diospyros simii (Kuntze) De Winter
 Diospyros sintenisii (Krug & Urb.) Standl.
 Diospyros sonorae Standl.
 Diospyros subrotata Diospyros subtruncata Hochr.
 Diospyros sundaica Bakh.f. (= D. pseudoebenum)
 Diospyros sylvatica Roxb.
 Diospyros tessellaria Poir. - Mauritius Ebony
 Diospyros texana - Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, "black persimmon"
 Diospyros trichophylla (= D. pruriens)
 Diospyros tutcheri Dunn
 Diospyros venosa Wall. ex DC. (= D. hermaphroditica)
 Diospyros villosa (L.) De Winter
thumb|D. virginiana
 Diospyros virginiana - American Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Possumwood
 Diospyros vitiensis Diospyros vitiensis var. longisepala (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. (= D. globosa)
 Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) F.White
 Diospyros tomentosa''
 Diospyros sp. 'Bamaga'
 Diospyros sp. 'Mt Lewis'
 Diospyros sp. 'Mt Spurgeon'