name: Japanese Persimmon

flavor_db_name_variants: japanese persimmon

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Japanese persimmon

id: 73

name_scientific: Diospyros kaki

description: Diospyros kaki, better known as the Japanese Persimmon, Kaki Persimmon (kaki [?]) or Asian Persimmon in North America, is the most widely cultivated species of the Diospyros genus. Although its first published botanical description was not until 1780, the kaki is also among the oldest plants in cultivation, known for its use in China for more than 2000 years. In some rural Chinese communities, the kaki fruit is seen as having a great mystical power that can be harnessed to solve headaches, back pains and foot ache .

itis_id: 505970

wikipedia_id: Japanese_persimmon

picture_file_name: 73.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 78375

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:39.000Z

legacy_id: 79

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:18.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 35925

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00073