Scientific or common name:

Diospyros discolor Willd.

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EBENACEAE - Ebony family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Diospyros discolor Willd.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 1108. 1806 [Apr 1806]
Rank: species
See: ► Diospyros blancoi A. DC.

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Common names

U.S. name: Mabolo
English name: mabola-tree
English name: mabolo
Spanish name: camagón
French name: pommier velours

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Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Diospyros blancoi A. DC.
= Diospyros philippensis (Desr.) Guerke

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Ebenales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species:

1) Diospyros blancoi A. DC. 2) Diospyros cathayensis Steward 3) Diospyros chinensis Blume 4) Diospyros digyna Jacq. 5) Diospyros discolor Willd. 6) Diospyros ebenaster auct. non Retz. 7) Diospyros ebenum J. Koenig ex Retz. 8) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. ssp. sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg 9) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. degeneri Fosberg 10) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. kauaiensis Fosberg 11) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. pubescens (Skottsb.) Fosberg 12) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. sandwicensis (A. DC.) Bakh. 13) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. toppingii Fosberg 14) Diospyros ferrea auct. non (Willd.) Bakh. 15) Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg 16) Diospyros kaki L. f. 17) Diospyros lotus L. 18) Diospyros lyciodes Desf. 19) Diospyros maritima Blume 20) Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A. DC. 21) Diospyros mosieri Small 22) Diospyros philippensis (Desr.) Guerke 23) Diospyros revoluta Poir. 24) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg 25) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. elliptica H. St. John 26) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. frameata H. St. John 27) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. kauaiensis (Fosberg) H. St. John 28) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. kokeensis H. St. John 29) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. lanaiensis (Fosberg) H. St. John 30) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. miloliensis H. St. John 31) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. oahuensis H. St. John 32) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. obtusa (Fosberg) H. St. John 33) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. ovalis H. St. John 34) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. puberula H. St. John 35) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. pubescens H. St. John 36) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. rotundata H. St. John 37) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. rugosa H. St. John 38) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. sclerophylla (Fosberg) H. St. John 39) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. toppingii (Fosberg) H. St. John 40) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. wailauensis (Fosberg) H. St. John 41) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. wiebkei (Fosberg) H. St. John 42) Diospyros sinensis Hemsl., nom. illeg. 43) Diospyros sintenisii (Krug & Urb.) Standl. 44) Diospyros texana Scheele 45) Diospyros virginiana L. 46) Diospyros virginiana L. var. mosieri (Small) Sarg. 47) Diospyros virginiana L. var. platycarpa Sarg. 48) Diospyros virginiana L. var. pubescens (Pursh) Dippel 49) Diospyros virginiana L. var. virginiana

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Genera (Ebenaceae)
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1) Diospyros 2) Maba (diospyros)

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Common names (Diospyros)
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1) (no name) 2) Black apple (Diospyros revoluta) 3) Black sapote (Diospyros digyna) 4) Chinese persimmon (Diospyros sintenisii) 5) Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) 6) Date plum (Diospyros lotus) 7) Ebony (Diospyros ebenum) 8) Ebony diospyros (Diospyros mespiliformis) 9) Elama (Diospyros hillebrandii) 10) Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki) 11) Lama (Diospyros sandwicensis) 12) Mabolo (Diospyros blancoi) 13) Malaysian persimmon (Diospyros maritima) 14) Red star apple (Diospyros lyciodes) 15) Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana)

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More species:
1) Diospyros ebenum J. Koenig ex Retz. [421]
2) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. ssp. sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg [222]
3) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. kauaiensis Fosberg [220]
4) Diospyros ferrea auct. non (Willd.) Bakh. [237]
5) Diospyros lotus L. [1215]
6) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg [1949]
7) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. miloliensis H. St. John [244]
8) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. wailauensis (Fosberg) H. St. John [217]
9) Diphasium tristachyum (Pursh) Rothm. [166]
10) Diplazium verapax (J. Sm.) Hieron. [228]

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