Japanese persimmon Ebenaceae Diospyros kaki

Leaf:Alternate, simple, deciduous, oblong to oval, 2 1/2 to 5 inches long, thickened, pinnately-veined, margin entire, shiny green above and paler or below.
Flower:Species is usually dioecious, but some varieties have perfect flowers; both about 1 inch; females creamy white, solitary, and urn-shaped; male flowers in 3's, tubular, and pink to white; appearing in late spring and early summer.
Fruit:A plum-like berry that is green before ripening, turning orange to red when ripe, to 4 inches in diameter, with bracts retained top of fruit. The fruit is very sweet and edible when ripe, but some varieties are somewhat astringent; matures in mid to late fall and persisting into early winter.
Twig:Slender, reddish-brown; no true terminal bud and twig scar is often very prominent, buds triangular, appressed, reddish-brown with 2 bud scales; leaf scar semi-circular.
Bark:When young gray-brown with orange in fissures, later becoming much darker, breaking up into prominent ridges.
Form:A small tree to 30 feet with a round crown.

leaf flower fruit twig map

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