Persimmon
Scientific Name:Diospyros virginiana


NOTES: Fruit best eaten after first hard frost deactivates unpalatable tannins and astringents. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants).

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Persimmon
Genus species: Diospyros virginiana
Common Name: Persimmon
Family Name: Ebenaceae  
Deciduous tree with blocky bark; leaves alternate, simple, ovate and entire; flowers unisexual, regular, solitary or in cymes; fruit a berry.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Backyard Habitat
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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