Ebenaceae
Common persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
- Family
- Ebenaceae
- Genus
- Diospyros
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- ديوسبيروس فرجينيا
- arz
- ديوسبيروس فيرجينيانا
- Azerbaijani
- Virciniya xurması
- Catalan
- Caqui de Virgínia
- Cherokee
- ᏌᎵ
- Chinese
- 美洲柿, 北美柿
- Czech
- Tomel viržinský
- Danish
- Amerikansk Kaki
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse persimmon, Amerikaanse persimoen, Persimoen
- English
- Common persimmon, American persimmon, Eastern persimmon, Possumwood, Possum apple, Simmon, Sugar plum
- Finnish
- Amerikanpersimoni
- French
- Plaqueminier de Virginie
- Hebrew
- אפרסמון אמריקאי
- hsb
- Persimonowc
- Japanese
- アメリカガキ
- Latvian
- Virdžīnijas hurma
- Persian
- خرمالوی آمریکایی
- Portuguese
- Caqui americano
- Russian
- Хурма виргинская, Хурма вирджинская
- Slovenian
- Persimon, Virginijski ebenovec
- Tajik
- Хурмои вирҷинӣ
- Turkish
- Virjinya hurması
Synonyms
- Diospyros angustifolia Audib. ex Spach
- Diospyros calycina Audib. ex Spach
- Diospyros caroliniana Muhl. ex Raf.
- Diospyros ciliata Raf.
- Diospyros concolor Moench
- Diospyros coronaria Mottet
- Diospyros digyna Loudon
- Diospyros distyla K.Koch
- Diospyros fertilis Loudon
- Diospyros guaiacana C.C.Robin
- Diospyros intermedia Loudon
- Diospyros lucida Loudon
- Diospyros mosieri Small
- Diospyros persimon Wikstr.
- Diospyros pubescens Pursh
- Diospyros stricta Loudon
- Diospyros undulata Hiern
- Diospyros virginiana f. atra Sarg.
- Diospyros virginiana f. pumila (E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.) Steyerm.
- Diospyros virginiana subsp. mosieri (Small) A.E.Murray
- Diospyros virginiana subsp. pumila E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Diospyros virginiana var. angustifolia Rob.
- Diospyros virginiana var. concolor (Moench) Raf.
- Diospyros virginiana var. insignis Rob.
- Diospyros virginiana var. lucida Rob.
- Diospyros virginiana var. macrocarpa Raf.
- Diospyros virginiana var. microcarpa Raf.
- Diospyros virginiana var. mosieri (Small) Sarg.
- Diospyros virginiana var. perquinii Rob.
- Diospyros virginiana var. platycarpa Sarg.
- Diospyros virginiana var. pubescens Nutt.
- Diospyros virginiana var. virginiana
- Persimon virginiana (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 1,443 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elissa Totin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Austin Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: kent ozment, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Deaglan McManus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.