Ebenaceae
Date plum
Diospyros lotus
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
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Common names
By language (35)
- ab
- Абнахәырма
- Arabic
- خرمندي
- Armenian
- Խուրմա սովորական
- arz
- خرمندى
- azb
- عادی خورما
- Azerbaijani
- Qafqaz xurması
- Burmese
- တည်သီး, တောတည်သီး
- Chinese
- 君迁子, 君遷子, 牛奶柿, 软枣, 黑枣, 多毛君迁子
- Czech
- Tomel obecný
- Dutch
- Lotusboom
- English
- Date plum
- Esperanto
- Lotusdiospiro
- Finnish
- Taateliluumu
- Georgian
- Ჩვეულებრივი ხურმა
- German
- Lotuspflaume
- hyw
- Ոսկեպտղի, Ժորի
- Irish
- Dátphluma
- Japanese
- マメガキ
- Korean
- 고욤나무
- Latvian
- Kaukāza hurma, Dateļplūme
- lzh
- 君遷子
- mzn
- ایندی خرما
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Daddelplomme
- os
- Кавказаг хурма
- Persian
- دیت-پلام
- Polish
- Hurma kaukaska
- Russian
- Хурма кавказская
- Serbian
- Драгун
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇတတ်းတဝ်ႇ
- Slovenian
- Datljev kaki, Divji kaki, Lotusni ebenovec
- Tajik
- Чилванг
- Turkish
- Küçük Trabzon hurması
- Uzbek
- Kavkaz xurmosi
- Vietnamese
- Thị sen
- Yoruba
- Date plum
Synonyms
- Dactylus trapezuntinus Forssk.
- Diospyros calycina Dippel
- Diospyros lotus f. ellipsoidea Makino
- Diospyros lotus f. globosa Makino
- Diospyros lotus f. longifolia Z.Y.Zhang
- Diospyros lotus f. ovoidea Makino
- Diospyros lotus var. angustifolia Gaudin
- Diospyros lotus var. laevis H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Diospyros lotus var. lotus
- Diospyros lotus var. mollissima C.Y.Wu
- Diospyros mediterranea Oken
- Diospyros umlovok Griff.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 46 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: olrett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Дмитрий Дунин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.