Diospyros virginiana. AMERICAN PERSIMMON. Conn. to Florida and Texas
EBENACEAE (Ebony family) ...
common persimmon Ebenaceae Diospyros virginiana L. symbol: DIVI5
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#271 Diospyros virginiana
Common Names: American persimmon, common persimmon
Family: Ebenaceae (ebony Family)
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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 VIRGINIANA - American Persimmon
A native deciduous persimmon found in many states, The small fruit are extremely astringent unless dead ripe. It is the preferred rootstock of Florida growers because of its well-developed taproot.
Persimmons, Diospyros virginiana, are found throughout the southeast to as far north as central Illinois and as far west as central Oklahoma.
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
35 to 60'
20 to 35'
Sun; prefers moist, well-drained soil; tolerates low fertility, dry soils.
Most of the oriental persimmon trees are propagated onto the common persimmon, Diospyros virginiana. Persimmons are classified into two types based on fruit characteristics. The first classification is of the astringent and non-astringent cultivars.
AMERICAN PERSIMMON
Diospyros virginiana
General Notes
Resistant to oak root fungus. Fruit needs to be soft-ripened; is very sweet. SelecTree lists no cultivars of virginiana.
The leaves are so small (the largest one and five-eighths of an inch long, and five-sixteenths of an inch wide --notably slender) and dense that it may be described aptly as looking nothing like its northern hemisphere kindred Diospyros virginiana L.
Diervilla sessilifolia
Diospyros virginiana
Dirca palustris
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Diospyros virginiana - American Persimmon; Eastern Persimmon ...
only, include white oak (Quercus alba), red maple (Acer rubrum), American holly (Ilex opaca), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua).
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
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Common Diospyros virginiana
Japanese, Chinese, Oriental Diospyros kaki
Texas, Mexican, Black Diospyros texana
Petunia
Hybrid Petunia × hybrida
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 See also: Persimmon, Diospyros, Green, May, Orange
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