Diospyros blancoi A. DC. (Prodr. 8: 237. 1844.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Greater Antilles [ Cuba (cultivated), Puerto Rico (cultivated)[], ],
Synonyms: Cavanillea philippensis Desr. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 663. 1792.), Diospyros discolor Willd. (Sp. Pl. 4: 1108. 1806.), Diospyros philippensis (Desr.) Gürke (in H.G.A. Engler & K.A.E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(1): 164. 1891.),
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