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Diospyros blancoi, (synonym Diospyros discolor), commonly known as velvet apple, velvet persimmon, kamagong, or mabolo tree, [1] is a tree of the genus Diospyros of ebony trees and persimmons. It produces edible fruit with a fine, velvety, reddish-brown fur-like covering.
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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 ...
Diospyros chloroxylon, the green ebony persimmon, is a wild fruit-bearing plant in the family Ebenaceae. [2] It is the indigenous fruit of the Indian subcontinent , and both unripe and ripe fruits are eaten by tribal people.
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.
Diospyros nigra, the black sapote, is a species of persimmon. Common names include chocolate pudding fruit, black soapapple and (in Spanish) zapote prieto. The tropical fruit tree is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. [1] The common name sapote refers to any soft, edible fruit.
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 .
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.