Starapples

Names and Synonyms

Common Names

• Starapples
• persimmons
• persimmons and starapples
• Ebony

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Danzleria
• Noltia
• Thespesocarpus
• Holochilus
• Dactylus
• Guaiacana
• Gunisanthus
• Paralea
• Ferreola
• Persimon
• Mabola
• Macreightia
• Maba
• Ropourea
• Rhaphidanthe
• Ebenoxylum
• Rospidios
• Royena
• Embryopteris
• Rhipidostigma
• Bisaschersonia
• Brayodendron
• Cargillia
• Camax
• Leucoxylum

Regional and Traditional Names

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae within the phylum Streptophyta and the class Equisetopsida. It is further classified under the subclass Magnoliidae and the order Ericales, falling into the family Ebenaceae. Ultimately, it is identified by the genus Diospyros.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a varied presence across several distinct regions of the European continent. In Middle Europe, its range includes the mountainous landscapes of Switzerland. Moving toward the Mediterranean, it can be found throughout Southwestern Europe, specifically within France and Spain. The distribution also extends to the Balearic Islands located in the same Southwestern sector. Finally, the species reaches into Southeastern Europe, where it is documented in Albania.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Diospyros has 2 reported plant parts identified across 4 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include fruit, leaf.

Fruit

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Leaf

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Chemicals

Diospyros has 11 reported phytochemicals identified across 4 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Tannins, Terpenoids, Coumarins, Diospyrin, Flavonoids.

Tannins

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Terpenoids

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Coumarins

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Diospyrin

1. Journal of Asian natural products research

Flavonoids

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Lignans

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Naphthoquinones

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Plumbagin

1. Journal of Asian natural products research

Secoiridoids

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Steroids

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Activities

Diospyros has 14 reported activities identified across 4 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antibacterial, Analgesic, Anticancer, Antioxidant, Antipyretic.

Antibacterial

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Journal of Asian natural products research
3. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Analgesic

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Anticancer

1. Journal of Asian natural products research
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antioxidant

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Antipyretic

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Anthelmintic

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Antidepressant

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antifungal

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antihypertensive

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Antiparasitic

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Conditions

Diospyros has 13 reported investigations on conditions identified across 4 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include diarrhea, cancer, cough, dysentery, eye infections.

Diarrhea

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Cancer

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Cough

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Dysentery

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Eye infections

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Fever

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Hemorrhage

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Hiccough

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Infectious diseases

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Insomnia

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Preparations

Diospyros has 2 reported preparations identified across 4 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include Diospyros leaf extracts, Diospyros leaves.

Diospyros leaf extracts

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Diospyros leaves

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology