Diospyros sonorae
Appearance
Diospyros sonorae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ebenaceae |
Genus: | Diospyros |
Species: | D. sonorae
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Binomial name | |
Diospyros sonorae | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Diospyros sinaloensis S.F.Blake |
Diospyros sonorae (syn. Diospyros sinaloensis), the Sonoran persimmon, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ebenaceae, native to Sinaloa and central Sonora, Mexico.[1][2] A desert-adapted small tree, its fruit is edible and is consumed locally.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Diospyros sonorae Standl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b Yetman, David; Devender, Thomas R. Van (2002). "An Annotated List of Plants". Mayo Ethnobotany: Land, History, and Traditional Knowledge in Northwest Mexico. pp. 127–272. doi:10.1525/california/9780520227217.003.0007. ISBN 9780520227217.