Diospyros lotus

Diospyros lotus L.

2n =

Origin : temperate Asia

wild and cultivated


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Description

Polish: hurma kaukaska
Russian: хурма кавказская, хурма обыкновенная - hurma kavkazskaja, hurma obyknovennaja
Turkish: Trabizon hurması (Bedevian)
Tadjik: хурмо - hurmo (Asimova, 1985)
Persian: خرمالو - xormālu
Hindi: amlok (Wealth of India)
Japanese: mamegaki
Chinese: jūn qiān zǐ, hēi zǎo

The Persian name means date-plum, from خرما - xormā (date) and آلو - ālu (plum).

Diospyros lotus L. (1753)

Wealth of India (The), 1952. A dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Vol. 3. Raw materials : D-E. New-Delhi, Council of scientific and industrial research. XX-236-XXX p., 22 pl., index vol. 1-3.