Ebenaceae

Malaysian persimmon

Diospyros maritima Blume

Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros

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Malaysian persimmon (Diospyros maritima) — FruitPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: خرمال بحري
Chinese: 海边柿, 黃心柿, 黄心仔
English: Malaysian persimmon
Japanese: リュウキュウガキ
Persian: خرمالوی دریایی

Synonyms

Cargillia laxa R.Br.
Cargillia maritima Hassk.
Cargillia megalocarpa F.Muell.
Diospyros camarinensis Merr.
Diospyros kusanoi Hayata
Diospyros laxa (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey
Diospyros liukiuensis Makino
Diospyros maritima var. oblongata Bakh.
Diospyros maritima var. ovalifolia Bakh.
Diospyros nitens W.Fitzg.
Diospyros tetrandra Span.
Maba megalocarpa F.Muell.

Flowers

In flower: June (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FruitPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: 蔡麗玲, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Victor Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.