General Plant Information (Edit)
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Fruit: Edible to birds
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Persimmon
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Diospyros ferrea
  • Synonym: Diospyros ferrea var. reticulata
  • Synonym: Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia
  • Synonym: Diospyros geminata
  • Synonym: Diospyros vera

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photo credit: Lalithamba

Date: 2010-12-28
photo credit: Raffi Kojian

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