Diospyros kaki (Common names)

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Names in common use

• English: persimmon, kaki; oriental persimmon, Japanese persimmon (USA)
• German: Kaki, Kakifeige, chinesiche Dattelpflaume
• Dutch: kaki
• Swedish: kaki
• Danish:
• Norwegian:
• Icelandic:
  

• French: kaki, plaqueminier / kaki
• Italian: loto, kaki, cachi
• Spanish: caqui, kaki
• Catalan:
• Portuguese: caqui, kaki
• Romanian: abanos kaki (Balashev)
  

• Russian: хурма, персимон - hurma, persimon
• Polish: hurma, persimon
• Czech: churma
• Slovak: churma japonská
• Bulgarian: райска ябълка - rajska jabǝlka
• Croatian: kaki istočna
• Serb:
• Slovenian:
  

• Latvian:
• Lithuanian:
• Albanian: hurmë (hurma with the article), kaki
• Greek:
• Turkish:
• Maltese:
• Hungarian: kakiszilva, datolyaszilva, keleti hurma
• Finnish: taateliluumu
• Estonian:
  

Sources and commentaries

• English
  • Non-astringent types are called Sharon fruit on European markets, and come from Israel.
• French
  • caque, figuier-caque (Fournier, 1952. Flore illustrée des jardins et des parcs). Obsolete names.
  • Non-astringent types are called sharon when they come from Israel, and fuyu when grown in southern France.
• Russian
  • хурма японская, хурма восточная, персимон - hurma japonskaja, hurma vostočnaja, persimon. (Podbielkowski, 1989). Scholar names.
• Polish
  • hurma wschodnia, hebanowiec wschodni, heban wiśniówka. (Podbielkowski, 1989). Scholar names.