Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions.

Persimmons are dioecious, meaning there are separate male and female trees, and you need both to get fruit. The persimmon flowers in spring to early summer and produces fruits in the fall. The fruits …

Diospyros virginiana, commonly called persimmon or American persimmon, is deciduous tree with a rounded oval crown that grows to 35-60’ tall. It is native from Connecticut to Kansas south to Florida …

Diospyros, genus of some 500 species of trees and shrubs of the ebony family (Ebenaceae), either deciduous or evergreen, most of which are native to the tropics. Some members of the genus are …

Visual Characteristics: Most Diospyros wood is the pale sapwood. However, the highest grades of solid black ebony are collected from the central heartwood portion of logs.

Diospyros virginiana, commonly known as American Persimmon or simply Persimmon, is one of North America’s most distinctive and ecologically valuable native fruit trees.

Diospyros is defined as the largest multipurpose plant genus from the family Ebenaceae, known for its edible persimmon fruits, precious timber, and various decorative uses.

There are estimated to be about 475 species of Diospyros, most of them found in the Old World tropics, with a few in temperate areas. They are trees or shrubs, usually evergreen, although some …

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1057 (1753) The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), also called simmon, possumwood, and Florida persimmon, is a slow-growing tree of moderate size found on a wide variety of soils and sites.