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Plants Dioscorea elephantipesDiospyros Digyna

Genus Diospyros
Trees or shrubs , deciduous or evergreen . Terminal buds absent. Branchlet tips sometimes forming a spine. Leaves alternate, occasionally minutely translucent dotted or with gland pits. Flowers dioecious or polygamous.

 


Diospyros embryopteris
Nombres relacionados: Ch’i-shih (chino), Diospyros ebenum (similar), Diospyros peregrina (sinónimo), Ebano (castellano), Ebenaceae (familia), Gab (hindi), Kanka (sánscrito), Kinkini (sánscrito), Pei-shih (chino), ...

Diospyros kaki Ebenaceae
Japanese Persimmon, Chinese Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon dee-OS-pi-ros KAH-ki ...

Diospyros virginiana. AMERICAN PERSIMMON. Conn. to Florida and Texas
EBENACEAE (Ebony family) ...

USDAFS Additional Silvics - USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Diospyros texana is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. See states reporting Texas persimmon (opens a new window).

Diospyros sp. is native to the tropics and it sometimes extends into temperate climates (even as far North as Connecticut). The fruit is edible and Diospyros sp. timber is sometimes valued.
Plant Types:
Fruit, Perennial, Tree ...

#166 Diospyros kaki
Common Names: Japanese persimmon, Oriental persimmon, kaki persimmon
Family: Ebenaceae (ebony Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (3 images) ...

Jackal Berry Tree
Common Names: Jackalberry Tree, Jakkalbessie, African Ebony
Genus: Diospyros
Species: mespiliformis
Parts used: bard, leaves, twigs, and roots ...

DIOSPYROS DISCOLOR - Mabolo, Velvet Apple
A lovely medium-size tree from the Philippines, similar to black sapote in form.

Diospyros virginiana
COMMON: American Persimmon
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, 2 to 5", 2" wide, green, fall color ranges from yellow green, yellow, to red
SIZE: 35 to 60', 20 to 30' wide
HARDINESS: 4 to 9
HABIT: Tree ...

Diospyros virginiana
Fruits and Vegetables, Trees and Shrubs
May be sown immediately when ripe, 80F/27C, or into a protected location at this same time, or sow seed in spring after a period of stratification.

Diospyros kaki. Persimmon.
Diplazium laffanianum. Governor Laffan's Ferns. Endemic, most threatened, one of the 19 fern species native to Bermuda. In Britton's book "Flora of Bermuda" it was first described by J. G.

Diospyros digyna, Diospyros obtusifolia
Family: Ebenaceae
Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Black/Chocolate Persimmon
Origin: Mexico ...

Diospyros ebenaster, Diospyros assimilis, Diospyros timoriana
Ebenaceae
Indian Ebony ...

For Diospyros and relatives and carpel orientation, see Baillon (1891), Eichler (1875) and Le Maout and Decaisne (1868), for some seed anatomy, see Quisumbing (1925).

Persimmon (Diospyros) - Trees from China and Japan which, in our warm counties, appear to be hardy, but do not often produce fruits except in warm soils in the best conditions. One is a native of America, where the fruit is eaten.

Persimmons, Diospyros virginiana, are found throughout the southeast to as far north as central Illinois and as far west as central Oklahoma.

The name Diospyros, is from Greek dios, divine, and pyros, wheat or grain; literally, celestial food --in allusion to the life-giving properties of the fruit.

FUYU PERSIMMON
Diospyros kaki 'fuyu'
General Notes
Resistant to oak root fungus. Fruit is hard when eaten, non-astringent. SelecTree lists 2 cultivars of kaki: (1)'fuyu' (2)'hachiya' ...

American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
35 to 60'
20 to 35'
Sun; prefers moist, well-drained soil; tolerates low fertility, dry soils.

The principal genus, Diospyros, includes both ebony and persimmon trees.

Diospyros kaki
Diplacus aurantiacus (Mimulus aurantiacus)
Dish Fern (Pteris cretica 'Albo-lineata')
Distictis buccinatoria
Dittany (Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus')
Dodonaea viscosa
Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea'
Dog-tooth Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) ...

Diospyros blancoi, Mabolo, Velvet Apple, or Kamagong native to the Philippines
Erythrophleum chlorostachys, Cooktown ironwood from Australia.
Eusideroxylon zwageri, Borneo ironwood
Guaiacum officinale, Lignum vitae
Guaiacum sanctum, Holywood ...

The Asian persimmon (Diospyros kaki) has been widely and wildly popular in Asia for centuries. In the United States, it grows anywhere south of USDA Zone 7 or anywhere the winter minimum temperature stays above 0°F.

The fruits of this plant are used to promote the ripening of persimmons, Diospyros kaki.

Japanese Persimmon ( Diospyros kaki )
Japanese Photinia ( Photinia glabra )
Japanese Pinwheel Japanese Beardless Iris ( Iris ) ...

Diervilla sessilifolia
Diospyros virginiana
Dirca palustris
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only, include white oak (Quercus alba), red maple (Acer rubrum), American holly (Ilex opaca), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua).

See also: Persimmon, Green, May, Orange, Diospyros virginiana

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