Scientific Names: Diospyros kaki
Synonym: Embryopteris kaki
English Name: Persimmon
Other Names in English (UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand): Kaki Plum, Kaki, Japanese Persimmon, Chinese Persimmon
Family: Ebenaceae
GENERAL DATA
Plant Parts: Fruit, Root, Bark, Leaves, Flower
Cultivation Mode: Wild Collection/ Cultivated
In Manufacturing: Pharmaceutical, food, confectionery, herbal tea, alcoholic drink, non-alcoholic drink, cosmetics.
PRODUCT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Persian Name: خرمالو/ Khormalou
German Name (Deutschland, Austria, Switzerland): Kakischeiben, Getrocknete Kaki, Kaki Frucht, Kaki, Sharon Frucht
French Name (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec): Kaki séché, Plaqueminier, Kaki
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About Diospyros Kaki
It is the fruit of a tree whose height reaches 5 meters.
The leaves of the Diospyros kaki tree are oval, relatively large and sometimes pointed.
The flowers are small and yellow, and each has four petals, the edges of which are slightly curved and the lower part of the petals is square. The sepals of the flowers have four almost heart-shaped leaflets that are attached to each other, and each one is usually curved and bent in the middle.
The fruits grow from the middle of its flowers. These fruits are green at first. But after fully ripening, they turn orange-red. Circular and slightly wide fruits whose flesh is soft and orange and have a relatively thin skin. The taste of these fruits is sweet and slightly astringent. There are kernels in some persimmon species.
Persimmon Chemical Constituents
Gallic acid, Caffeic acid, P-coumaric, Ferulic acid, Chlorogenic acid, Protocatechuic acid, Ellagic acid, Quercetin, Proanthocyanins, catechin, gallocatechin, Kaempferol-3-O-glucoside, 2-Methoxy-1, 4-benzoquinone.
Kaki Temperament
Hot and moist.
Health Benefits of Kaki
The fruit of this tree is tonic for the stomach, and removes chest sputum. Its flower is stomach tonic. The bark and roots of this tree are astringent.
Its fruit helps to cure hiccups. Eating the sap of unripe Persimmon fruit is laxative, it is useful for high blood pressure, bleeding, edema, hemorrhoids, typhus and typhoid.
The decoction of its flower improves nausea, vomiting and cough. Decoction of its sepals is useful for severe cough, shortness of breath and nausea.
Decoction of its leaves helps to treat cough and fever.
Its tree bark is useful for bleeding.
In modern herbal medicine, the juice obtained from the pressure of unripe Persimmon fruit and the sepals of the flower and the pedicel located under the flower are mainly used. This sap is very effective in lowering high blood pressure. It stops bleeding and removes swelling and inflammation of hemorrhoids.
In China, its fruit is used to strengthen the stomach and loosen chest congestion.
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