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The word persimmon is derived from putchamin, pasiminan, pechimin or pessamin, from Powhatan, an Algonquian language of the southern and eastern United States, meaning "a dry fruit". [26] Other sources have suggested that the word "persimmon" comes from a Persian word meaning date-plum.
Dried persimmon is a type of traditional dried fruit snack in East Asia with origins in China. They dried them to use them in other seasons. [1] Known as shìbǐng (柿餅) in Chinese, hoshigaki (干し柿) in Japanese, gotgam (곶감) in Korean, and hồng khô in Vietnamese, it is traditionally made in the winter, by air drying Oriental persimmon.
Averrhoa carambola is a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae native to tropical Southeast Asia; [1] it has a number of common names, including carambola, star fruit and five-corner. [2] It is a small tree or shrub that grows 5 to 12 m (16 to 39 ft) tall, with rose to red-purple flowers.
Averrhoa bilimbi (commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel [2]) is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa, family Oxalidaceae.It is believed to be originally native to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia but has naturalized and is common throughout Southeast Asia.
Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star fruit.
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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.
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