Diospyros kaki
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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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| Diospyros kaki | |
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The Chinese character for "persimmon" | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 柿(子) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 감 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 柿 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Diospyros kaki, the Oriental persimmon, Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780, D. kaki cultivation in China dates back more than 2000 years.