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Diospyros
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Diospyros (Graece διός + πυρος 'triticum Iovis', scil. 'cibus divinus'[1][2]) est genus Ericalium cui sunt plus quam 700 species arborum et fruticum deciduarum et sempervirentium, quarum maior pars in zona tropica endemicae sunt, cum paucae species in regionibus temperatis inveniuntur. Nonnullae species magni aestimantur ob eorum lignum durum, grave, obscurum, nonnullaeque ob eorum fructus. Nonnullae sunt ornamentales, et multae magnum momentum oecologicum habent.
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Diospyros chloroxylon
Synonyma
*Cargillia R.Br.
- Cavanillea Desr.
- Ebenus Kuntze (nom. illeg.)
- Embryopteris Gaertn.
- Guaiacana Duhamel (nom. illeg.)
- Idesia Scop.
- Maba J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Mabola Raf.
- Macreightia A.DC.
- Noltia Thonn.
- Paralea Aubl.
- Pimia Seem.
- Rhaphidanthe Hiern ex Gürke
- Ropourea Aubl.
- Royena L.
- Tetraclis Hiern
Species typica
Diospyros lotus L.
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Erucae multarum specierum papilionum foliis vescuntur:
Arctiidae:
- Eupseudosoma aberrans
- Eupseudosoma involutum
- Hypercompe indecisa
- Gymnoscelis rufifasciata in variis speciebus
Limacodidae:
- Monema flavescens
- Neopithecops zalmora
- Charaxes khasianus in D. natalensi
- Dophla evelina in D. candolleana
- Actias luna in variis speciebus
- Callosamia promethea in variis speciebus
- Citheronia regalis in D. virginiana
- "Cnephasia" jactatana