Diospyros

Persimmon Persimmons are fruits of trees in the genus Diospyros, which is native to both Asia and North America.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Persimmon Persimmons are fruits of trees in the genus Diospyros, which is native to both Asia and North America.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The black is the heart of a tree called Diospyros ebenum.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Anishinaabe peoples of eastern North America called Diospyros virginiana

Museum Blogs 2009

Trees such as Diospyros sp. and Kigelia africana grow on higher levées, their density increased due to human activity.

Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna 2008

The tropical species--including Africa's most common, the jackalberry Diospyros mespiliformis--produce the finest ebony wood and a fruit akin to the persimmon.

Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011

The tropical species--including Africa's most common, the jackalberry Diospyros mespiliformis--produce the finest ebony wood and a fruit akin to the persimmon.

Danielle Nierenberg: The Giving Trees: Five Trees You've Never Heard of that Are Helping to End Hunger Danielle Nierenberg 2011

First, because it's indigenous, Diospyros virginiana, and I just like that idea.

Chat Leftovers: Plant a persimmon -- but which one? 2010

Chrysophyllum perpulchrum (Q) and Chidlowia sanguinea; and the 'Sassandrian' forest in the south-west, dominated by water-demanding species such as ebony Diospyros spp. and Mapania spp. with numerous endemic species, especially in the lower Cavally Valley and the Meno and Hana depressions near Mont Niénokoué.

Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire 2008

Two types of forest can be recognized: the poorer soils of the north and south-east support species such as palm Eremospatha sp., ebony Diospyros mannii (Q), Parinari sp.,

Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire 2008