Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana L.)
Also known as American persimmon, eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, sugar plum.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present | |
| Introduced or Not Present | |
| Native or Introduced |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Uses
This is among several persimmon species cultivated for their fruit, although less widely than the Asian persimmon D. kaki. This species is also used for its wood, sometimes as a substitute for ebony, as it is related, both being in the Ebenaceae family.
↑Links & External Resources
• Persimmon | The Wood Database (About This Site)
• Common Persimmon | Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana (American Persimmon) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana (Common Persimmon) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana | Go Botany (About This Site)
• American Persimmon | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana (Persimmon) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Common Persimmon | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Common Persimmon | Silvics of North America (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Common Persimmon | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Diospyros virginiana L. (Common Persimmon, American Persimmon) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
