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Diospyros lotus (Date-Plum) |
Diospyros lotus (EBENACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Diospyros lotus L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 1057 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Ebenaceae
Gurke (The Ebony Family)
2 species from the Ebenaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Date-Plum, Lotus Persimmon, Lotus Tree | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Introduced plants cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but sometimes can be occassionaly found as an escapee close to the site of their original cultivation | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Macro-Phanerophyte (high trees usually over 10m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Jul | Colour of Flowers: | Green |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Cultivated locally for its edible fruits |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Tree up to 14 m, with furrowed bark. Young twigs pubescent. Leaves 6-12 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptical to oblong, rounded to broadly cuneate at base, acuminate, entire, pubescent when young but usually glabrescent above, shortly petiolate. Male flowers 2- 3 together, c. 5 mm; female flowers solitary, 8-10 mm. Calyx with 4 short, acute, ciliate lobes, villous within. Corolla reddish- or greenish-white, with recurved, rounded, ciliate lobes c. 1/2 as long as the tube. Fruit c. 15 mm in diameter, globose, yellow or blue-black. |
Distributional range: |
widely naturalized in the Balkan peninsula and occasionally elsewhere in S. Europe. |
Native region outside Europe: |
Asia |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Doubtful in France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
dGg Tu(A) [nAl cAr nBl -Bu Co Ct aGa nGr cHe nHs Hs(S) It nJu cUk(K)] |
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