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Diospyros blancoi, Diospyros discolor Family: Ebenaceae Velvet Apple, Mabolo Origin: Philippines       Large tree to 50-100ft. The white waxy flowers have 4 petals and are 0.5 inches (1 cm) in diameter when fully open. Male and female flowers are produced on separate trees. Both flowers are necessary for pollination and fruit set. Fruiting generally occurs during summertime with fruits ripening from 2-4 months after flowering. Usually grown from seeds. Very beautiful dark red to purple colored fruit with velvet-like skin. Fruit is about the size of an apple, with mildly sweet flavored, somewhat mealy, flesh. Fruits are highly esteemed in some areas, but barely known in most parts of the world. Usually eaten fresh out of hand or used in salads and desserts. |  |
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 | Diospyros cauliflora (?) Family: Ebenaceae Diospyros       |  |
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 | Diospyros digyna, Diospyros obtusifolia Family: Ebenaceae Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Black/Chocolate Persimmon Origin: Mexico  If you've ever seen the lovely persimmon tree, you'll want one. This is a handsome tree with dark green, leathery, glossy leaves. Everbearing. Fruit are greenish-brown when ripe. Thin skinned, flesh sweet to bland, chocolate-brown in color. A spoonful of honey mixed into the pulp makes it glossy, shiny and tasty, living up to its popular name of Chocolate Pudding Fruit. Tolerates standing water and alkaline soil. Several seeds in a fruit. Germination is erratic and may take from 2 to 10 weeks. Put the seed in some sphagnum moss after you've eaten the fruit. Store the seed and moss in a closed bag in the refrigerator for ninety days. Then sow the seed, covering it with a shallow layer of soil. Give it warmth and bright light and keep your fingers crossed. |  |
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 | Diospyros kaki Family: Ebenaceae Kaki, Japanese Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon, Sharon Fruit Origin: China  The persimmon is a multitrunked or single-stemmed deciduous tree to 25 ft. high and at least as wide. It is a handsome ornamental with drooping leaves and branches that give it a languid, rather tropical appearance. The branches are somewhat brittle and can be damaged in high winds. Leaves are alternate, simple, ovate and up to 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. They are often pale, slightly yellowish green in youth, turning a dark, glossy green as they age. Under mild autumn conditions the leaves often turn dramatic shades of yellow, orange and red. Tea can also be made from fresh or dried leaves. The inconspicuous flowers surrounded by a green calyx tube are borne in the leaf axils of new growth from one-year old wood. Female flowers are single and cream-colored while the pink-tinged male flowers are typically borne in threes. Persimmons can withstand a wide rage of conditions as long as the soil is not overly salty, but does best in deep, well drained loam. Tolerates alkaline soil. Can withstand short periods of drought, but the fruit will be larger and of higher quality with regular watering. Extreme drought will cause the leaves and fruit to drop prematurely. Persimmons are relatively problem-free. Most of the oriental persimmon trees are propagated onto the common persimmon, Diospyros virginiana. Persimmons are classified into two types based on fruit characteristics. The first classification is of the astringent and non-astringent cultivars. Astringent fruit must be soft or artificially treated before astringency is removed and they are suitable for eating. Fruit of the non-astringent types lose astringency while still hard and can be eaten hard or soft. The second classification relates to fruit flesh color when seeds are present. In pollination-variant types, the flesh is dark and streaked around the seeds, but clear orange when seedless. Pollination-constant types lack the dark streaking regardless of seed set. In astringent cultivars of the pollination-variant type, the dark flesh is non-astringent even when hard; therefore, seeded, pollination-variant, astringent cultivars perform as non-astringent types. The amount of dark flesh coloration around the seeds varies with cultivars. In most areas of the world, astringent pollination variant types, which have a great degree of dark flesh, are classified as non-astringent cultivars. However (typically in Florida), these persimmons are grown without pollinators and their seedless astringent fruit necessitates classifying them as astringent types. Some dark specks can be found in the flesh of Fuyu variety and other non-astringent cultivars. This is not linked to seed set, and has no significance to the variant-constant classification system. Currently plantings of non-astringent types are increasing and both types of oriental persimmon are a popular dooryard fruit. Trees grow and fruit best in central and northern Florida and can produce high yields of quality fruit. In south Florida fruit quality is better with astringent types than with the non-astringent ones. Harvest season for astringent persimmon fruit is just prior to and through the soft stage of fruit development. If picked during this time, the fruit is either soft or will become soft and the astringent tannins are coagulated, making the fruit suitable for eating. Generally, fruit can be picked and softened at room temperature about 7 to 10 days before it would be softening on the tree. The time varies slightly with cultivars, and is about the same for both astringent and non-astringent types. Not all fruit in the crop load develop to this state at the same time. The softening process will be less effective and take longer to occur the earlier the fruit is picked. |  |
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 | Diospyros lotus Family: Ebenaceae Qua thi, Date Plum Origin: Middle East and South Asia, China, Japan   Beautiful tree with smooth grey bark glossy dark green leaves that turn golden in the fall. Flowers are small and yellow-green, and are dioecious. At least both a male and female plant will be required to get viable seeds. Globose yellow fruit turns purple-brown when fully ripe. Like the persimmon, the date plum looses its astringency when fully ripe. The flesh is then very soft and rich in flavour. The name comes from the Greek Dios pyros meaning fruit of the gods, although, truth be told, the fruit is a little too sour for most people. Makes a nice jelly, though. |  |
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 | Diospyros maritima Family: Ebenaceae Malaysian Persimmon, Sea Persimmon Origin: Malesian Edible pulp is white-orange colored. Plant seems to tolerate brief frosts and grows well in wet conditions or near water. Tolerates alkaline soil. |  |
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 Diospyros decandra | Diospyros sp. Family: Ebenaceae Persimmon Origin: Asia, Australia  Diospyros is a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen trees. Species and varieties: Diospyros blancoi Diospyros digyna Diospyros humilis - Queensland Ebony Diospyros kaki Diospyros lotus Another close related species - Diospyros decandra is the symbol for Nakhon Pathom province (Thailand) Diospyros maritima Diospyros mespiliformis - small, purple, one inch round fruit eaten fresh or preserved. Diospyros glabra - an evergreen shrub or small tree from South Africa, this relative of Diospyros virginiana |  Diospyros humilis |
 Diospyros humilis |  Diospyros humilis |  Diospyros humilis |  |
 |  Diospyros glabra seeds |  Diospyros glabra seeds |
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 | Diospyros virginiana Family: Ebenaceae Persimmon Origin: Eastern United States A small to medium sized tree to 60 feet with a round-topped crown of crooked branches. A plum-like berry that is green before ripening, turning orange to black when ripe, 3/4 to 2 inches in diameter, leafy bracts on top of fruit. The fruit is very astringent and mouth numbing when green, sweet and edible when ripe after a hard freeze; matures in mid to late fall. Prefers moist, well drained soil but tolerates dry soil. |  |
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 | Euclea natalensis Family: Ebenaceae Guarri Origin: South Africa See picture. |
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 | Euclea sp. Family: Ebenaceae Euclea Origin: South Africa The genus includes twenty species of evergreen trees and shrubs. Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony. |  |
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