(First upload on May 23 2016. Last on January 6 2018) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Ebenaceae (カキノキ科) > Diospyros kaki
Ebenaceae Gürke (カキノキ)Conserved family name |
500-1000 woody species in 2-4 genera, mostly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions
⇒ Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系) |
D. cathayensis Steward (タマフリノキ) D. discolor Willd. (ケガキ) D. diversilimba Merr. et Chun (カイナンヤマガキ) D. ebenum J. Koenig (コクタン) D. egbert-walkeri Kosterm. (ヤエヤマコクタン) D. eriantha Champ. ex Benth. (ヤワラケガキ) |
D. japonica Siebold et Zucc. (リュウキュウマメガキ)
f. pseudolotus Hatus. (ウスゲシナノガキ) D. kaki Thunb. (カキノキ) D. lotus L. (マメガキ)D. maritima Blume (リュウキュウガキ) D. morrisiana Hance (トキワガキ) |
D. oldhamii Maxim. (オルドガキ) D. oleifera Cheng (アブラガキ) D. rhombifolia Hemsl. (ツクバネガキ) D. strigosa Hemsl. (アカケガキ) D. vaccinioides Lindl. (コケモモガキ) D. virginiana L. (アメリカガキ) |
Kakinoki (カキノキ, 柿木), persimmon (kaki) Lifeform: deciduous tree Distribution: endemic to East Asia (mostly in China) Seed: developing hypocotyl |
Use: edible (sweet and sour persimmon) → many cultivars > 1,000 cvs
leaf: vitamin supplementation |
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[1/2] on Fukuura-jima Island in Matsushima Islands, northern Honshu, on March 21 2016 → bark (樹皮). [3-5] in front of a barbershop, N26/W2, East Ward, Sapporo, on October 25 2017.