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botanical illustration of Diospyros lotus, Diospyros lotus

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Diospyros lotus

Diospyros lotus

Albero di S. Andrea · Albero di Sant' Andrea · Caucasian Persimmon · Date Plum · Date plum · Date-plum · Dattelpflaume · Falso loto · Lilac Persimmon · Loto falso · Lotospflaume · Lotuspflaume

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: BETULINIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Ebenaceae

Scientific name: Diospyros lotus

Common names: Albero di S. Andrea, Albero di Sant' Andrea, Caucasian Persimmon, Date Plum, Date plum, Date-plum, Dattelpflaume, Falso loto, Lilac Persimmon, Loto falso, Lotospflaume, Lotuspflaume

POWO: 322629-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Tyrosinase Structural Perturbation and Functional Inhibition by an Ostrich-Derived Keratin-Diospyros lotus Nanobiocomposite: Biochemical Mechanism and Melanoma Cell Response. · 2026 source ↗
  • Influences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on <i>Diospyros lotus</i> seedlings under salinity stress. · 2025 source ↗
  • Agronomic and physiological responses of mature ‘Rojo Brillante’ persimmon grafted onto Diospyros lotus and Diospyros virginiana under spring-regulated deficit irrigation in Mediterranean conditions · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • BETULINIC-ACID

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Diospyros lotus
Diospyros lotus · Zeynel Cebeci

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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