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Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, [3] common persimmon, [4] eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, [5] or sugar plum. [6] It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida , and west to Texas , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Iowa .
• Fuyu persimmons are short and round and look a bit like an orange tomato. The non-astringent variety has wide leaves on top and a flat bottom. Most Fuyu persimmons have no seeds or very small ...
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Persimmon fruit seed Persimmons on a tree at Bilpin, New South Wales. The persimmon ( / p ər ˈ s ɪ m ə n / ) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros . The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, Diospyros kaki [ 1 ] – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae , and a number of non-persimmon ...
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Plaquemines Parish – based on the Atakapa word for persimmon, as the early French colonists found persimmon trees growing in the lands near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Plaquemine – town in Iberville Parish, in the vicinity of Bayou Plaquemine Brulé (see above) Bayou Plaquemine Brule – translating as 'burnt persimmon bayou'
When you cut open a persimmon seed, you will see a white marking, in the shape of a knife, fork, or spoon, and each indicates something different for the winter ahead.
Diospyros kaki, the Oriental persimmon, [2] Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon, [3] is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780, [ 4 ] [ 3 ] D. kaki cultivation in China dates back more than 2000 years.