Persimmon family
EBENACEAE in Australia
including Diospyraceae, Guaiacanaceae, and Lissocarpaceae.
DILLENIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe
  
link to
Flowers in Australia


Diospyros geminata
Queensland Ebony
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Diospyros kaki
Persimmon
Wyee, November 2006

Some species in EBENACEAE have been used as the foodplant by caterpillars of a number of species of Australian Moths, for example:


Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes

Pseudodipsas cephenes

Addaea polyphoralis

Blenina donans

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(updated 7 February 2012)