Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Diospyros virginiana L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Diospyros mosieri Small, Diospyros virginiana L. var. mosieri (Small) Sargent, Diospyros virginiana L. var. platycarpa Sargent, Diospyros virginiana L. var. pubescens (Pursh) Dippel

Common names:

American date-plum [American date plum] (1882) (14)

Amerikanische dattellpflaume (1900?, German) (158)

Common persimmon (1900?-Present) (2, 50, 109, 138, 155, 158)

Date-plum [Date plum] (1898-1923) (5, 49, 92, 156)

Diospyros (Official Name of Materia Medica) (1828-1917) (7, 57)

Eastern persimmon (1937, TX) (122, 124)

Fuzzy common persimmon (1942) (155)

Guaiacan (1828) (7)

Jove's fruit [Jove's-fruit] (1876?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (92, 156, 158)

Lotus tree [Lotus-tree] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Medlars (1879-1919) (46, 107)

Mespila (1919) (107)

Mespilorum (1919) (107)

North American ebony (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Oklahoma persimmon (1942) (155)

Oranges (1879) (46)

Ougoufle (1879-1919, Louisiana) (46, 107)

Parsimon (1900?) (158)

Persimmon [Persimons] (1770-1986) (3, 4, 5, 7, 19, 41, 44, 46, 48, 49, 57, 58, 63, 65, 72, 92, 97, 103, 107, 121, 135, 156)

Persimmon bark (1876) (92)

Persimon Baum (1828, German) (7)

Persimon tree (1828) (7)

Pessemmins (1879) (46)

Pessimon (1919) (107)

Piakmine (1879-1919) (46, 107)

Pishmin (1828) (7)

Plaqueminier (1828, French) (7)

Plaqueminier de Virginie (1785-1900?, French) (8, 158)

Possum wood [Possum-wood] (1900?-1923) (5, 106, 156, 158)

Rutilo colore (1879) (46)

Seeded-plum [Seeded plums] (1828-1923) (7, 19, 92, 156, 158)

Virginian persimmon tree (1785) (8)

Winter-plum [Winter plum, Winter plums] (1828-1923) (7, 92, 156, 158)

Yellow-plums [Yellow plums] (1828-1930) (7, 82)

Thta-inge (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)