Diospyros nigra in Genus Diospyros

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Internal ID	UUID6440176a214fc185326678
Scientific name	Diospyros nigra
Authority	(J.F.Gmel.) Perr. & Perr.
First published in	Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 113 (1825)

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Diospyros nigra, commonly known as the black sapote, is a species of persimmon native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. It is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 25 meters in height and is frost sensitive. The fruit of the black sapote is tomato-like, with an inedible skin that turns from olive to a deep yellow-green when ripe and a pulp which is white and inedible when unripe but assumes a flavor, color and texture often likened to chocolate pudding when ripe. The black sapote is a great source of vitamins, fiber and potassium, and its leaves can be used as a blistering poultice and as an astringent and febrifuge. It is propagated by seed or air-layering or shield budding, and there are numerous cultivars, such as 'Bernicker', 'Mossman', 'Maher', 'Ricks Late', 'Superb', 'Cocktail', 'Mérida', 'Manilla' and 'Valesca'.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Sapota nigra	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 750. 1791 [late Sep-Nov 1791]
Diospyros digyna	Jacq.	Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 35 (1798)
Diospyros edulis	Lodd. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. : 270 (1826)
Diospyros obtusifolia	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 1112 (1806)
Diospyros sapota	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. : 40 (1814)
Diospyros sapotanigera	DC.	Essai Propr. Méd. Pl. : 200 (1804)
Diospyros tliltzapotl	Sessé & Moc.	Pl. Nov. Hisp. 179 (Naturaleza (Mexico City), Ser. 2, 1: App.); ed. 2, 166. 1890
Diospyros nigra	Blanco	Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [F.M. Blanco] 211. 1845

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	black soapapple
English	black sapote
English	diospyros tliltzapotl
English	diospyros sapotanigera
English	diospyros obtusifolia
English	diospyros edulis
English	diospyros sapota
English	diospyros digyna
English	sapota nigra
English	diospyros pauciflora
English	chocolate pudding fruit
Spanish	diospyros digyna
Spanish	diospyros sapota
Spanish	zapote negro
Spanish	diospyros edulis
Spanish	diospyros obtusifolia
Spanish	diospyros sapotanigera
Spanish	diospyros tliltzapotl
Spanish	diospyros pauciflora
Spanish	zapote prieto
Spanish	sapota nigra
Arabic	خرمال أسود
Persian	خرمالو سیاه
French	sapotier noir
French	diospyros digyna
Hungarian	fekete datolyaszilva
Hungarian	diospyros dygina
Indonesian	kesemek hitam
Japanese	ブラックサポテ
Korean	검은감나무
nah	diospyros digyna
nah	tlīltzapocuahuitl
nah	tliltzapotl
Dutch	diospyros digyna
Dutch	zwarte zapote
Swedish	diospyros digyna
Turkish	diospyros digyna
Turkish	kara sapot
Chinese	黑柿

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - India
- Malesia
  - Jawa

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- South-central U.S.A.
  - Texas
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida

Southern America click to expand
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Costa Rica
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Nicaragua
  - Panamá
- Western South America
  - Colombia

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000649408
Tropicos	100324833
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322764-1
The Plant List	kew-2770214
Open Tree Of Life	5232869
Observations.org	240692
NCBI Taxonomy	1367312
IUCN Red List	173620
IPNI	322764-1
iNaturalist	343829
GBIF	8115692
Freebase	/m/0c8476
Elurikkus	643706
Wikipedia	Diospyros_nigra
EPPO	DOSDI
EOL	39882890
USDA GRIN	495707

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil

da Silva Souza DA, da Bandeira DR, Peroni N

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

02-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10836009
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00653-4
PMID:	38308263

Tri‐trophic interactions among Fopius arisanus, Tephritid species and host plants suggest apparent competition

Moquet L, Jobart B, Fontaine R, Delatte H

Ecol Evol

11-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9834009
doi:	10.1002/ece3.9742
PMID:	36644698

Complete plastome sequence from a cultivar of Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) M.R. Almeida (Ebenaceae): a nutritious fruit tree with high economic value cultivated in Hainan province, China

Xin-Xin X, Wang HX, Chen DJ, Ke XR, Zhu ZX, Wang HF

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

09-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9090366
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2022.2072243
PMID:	35558176

Uses, abundance perception, and potential geographical distribution of Smilax aristolochiifolia Mill (SMILACACEAE) on the Totonacapan Region of Puebla, Mexico

Espinoza-Pérez J, Reyes C, Hernández-Ruíz J, Díaz-Bautista M, Ramos-López F, Espinoza-Gómez A, Pérez-García O

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

23-Aug-2021

PMCID:	PMC8381484
doi:	10.1186/s13002-021-00477-6
PMID:	34425831

Pest categorisation of Colletotrichum fructicola

Bragard C, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques M, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Campese C, Maiorano A, Streissl F, Reignault PL

EFSA J

18-Aug-2021

PMCID:	PMC8372655
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6803
PMID:	34434287

Antimicrobial C-glucoside from aerial parts of Diospyros nigra.

Dinda B, Bhattacharya A, De UC, Arima S, Takayanagi H, Harigaya Y

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo)

01-May-2006

doi:	10.1248/CPB.54.679
PMID:	16651765

Chemical Constituents of Diospyros nigra

B. Dinda, S. K. Das, A. Bhattacharya, U. C. De, Y. Harigaya

Wiley

30-Jun-2005

doi:	10.1002/CHIN.200307143

Structure d'un nouvel heteroside coumarioue : Le diospyroside

Pierre Forgacs, Jean-François Desconclois, Jean-Louis Pousset, Alain Rabaron

Elsevier BV

25-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/S0040-4039(01)85730-0

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives / Gallic acids
Gallic Acid	370	Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O	170.12	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CHIN.200307143
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Betulin	72326	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)CO	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CHIN.200307143
Betulinic Acid	64971	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C(=O)O	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CHIN.200307143
Cylindrin	189045	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3(C2(CC=C4C3CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)OC)C)C)C)C	440.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CHIN.200307143
Lupeol	259846	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CHIN.200307143
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / C-glycosyl compounds
(1S,2S,3S,4S)-1-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol	162856424	Click to see C(C1C(C(C(C(O1)C(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	314.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.54.679
1-[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol	73069427	Click to see C(C1C(C(C(C(O1)C(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	314.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.54.679
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Coumarin glycosides
7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methyloxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxy-3-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-6-hydroxychromen-2-one	163006390	Click to see CC1(C(C(C(OC1OC2=C(C=C3C=CC(=O)OC3=C2)O)COC4C(C(CO4)(CO)O)(C)O)O)O)O	500.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(01)85730-0
7-[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methyloxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxy-3-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-6-hydroxychromen-2-one	163006389	Click to see CC1(C(C(C(OC1OC2=C(C=C3C=CC(=O)OC3=C2)O)COC4C(C(CO4)(CO)O)(C)O)O)O)O	500.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(01)85730-0

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Diospyros nigra

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