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Persimmon
Edible fruit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The persimmon (/pərˈsɪmən/) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, Diospyros kaki[1] – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-persimmon species of the genus are grown for ebony timber. In 2019, China produced 75% of the world total of persimmons.
This article is about the edible fruit. For other uses, see Persimmon (disambiguation).
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