Directory of Diospyros Resources

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A primarily tropical group whose members include tropical ebony trees as well as the temperate fruit trees known as Asian and American persimmons.

Resources in This Category

• Diospyros digyna

  http://www.quisqualis.com/vhdiosdign.html
  Information from the Virtual Herbarium and images of leaves, buds, flowers and form.

• Diospyros digyna (University of Connecticut)

  http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/199900008.html
  Greenhouse accession data for the black sapote.

• Diospyros kaki (California Rare Fruit Growers Association)

  http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/persimmon.html
  Botanical, cultivation and cultivar information for the Asian persimmon.

• Diospyros kaki (University of Connecticut)

  http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/199900070.html
  Greenhouse accession data for the Asian persimmon.

• Diospyros lotus (University of Catania)

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0274-1.html
  Image of the date plum in fall, showing fruit after leaves have been shed.

• Diospyros lotus (University of Ulm)

  http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/dendrologie/diosplotlv.htm
  Description of the date plum plant, with photographs of fruit and flower.

• Diospyros revaughanii (Endemics in Mondrain)

  http://pages.intnet.mu/nathraj/diore.html
  A description of the Mauritian ebony, with photographs of tree, flower and fruit.

• Diospyros sandwicensis (University of Hawaii)

  http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/diospyros.htm
  Photographs of the Lama tree, including closeups of the plant in flower and fruit.

• Diospyros tesselaria (Endemics in Mondrain)

  http://pages.intnet.mu/nathraj/diote.html
  A description of the Mauritian ebony, with photographs of tree and fruit.

• Diospyros tessellaria

  http://iels.intnet.mu/BdEnoir.htm
  Brief description and seedling photograph of the Mauritius ebony tree.

• Diospyros texana (Fire Effects Information Service:)

  http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/diotex/all.html
  Information regarding the Texas persimmon including distribution, use, characteristics and fire ecology.

• Diospyros virginiana (Common Persimmon)

  http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=29
  Photographs of bark, leaf, flowers and fruit, together with native-range information.

• Diospyros virginiana (Fire Effects Information Service)

  http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/diovir/all.html
  Information regarding the American persimmon including distribution, use, characteristics and fire ecology.

• Diospyros virginiana (Landscape Trees for North Carolina)

  http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/trees/diospyros-virginiana/
  Description of the American persimmon and recommendations for its use in the landscape. Includes photographs of the tree, its fruit and flower.

• Diospyros virginiana (University of Catania)

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0273-1.html
  Image of leaves and not-yet-ripe fruit of the American persimmon.

• Diospyros virginiana (University of Ulm)

  http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/dendrologie/diospvirgfr.htm
  Description of the American persimmon, with photograph of ripening fruit.

• Diospyros whyteana

  http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/diospyrwhyt.htm
  Images, description, and cultivation in South Africa.

• Persimmon General Information

  http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/crops/i_persim.htm
  Persimmon information including description, varieties, planting practices, and a list of fungi and insects affecting the tree.

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