Diospyros Species: virginiana Family: Ebenaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): The inner bark and unripe fruit has been used in the treatment of fevers, diarrhea, and hemorrhage, indelible ink made from fruit, flowers used for honey. The fruit was used for food and medicinal purposes by Native Americans. The heartwood is nearly black, extremely hard and Texas Workforce Commission is the state agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers of Texas.Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, [3] common persimmon, [4] eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, [5] or sugar plum. [6] It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida, and west to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa. The tree grows wild but has been cultivated for its Diospyros virginiana L. Diospyros virginiana. First published in Sp. Pl.: 1057 (1753) This species is accepted. The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. Taxonomy. Images. General information. 1. Introduction. The genus persimmon Diospyros (Ebenaceae) comprises more than 400 evergreen and deciduous tree species that are distributed worldwide [].Among these species. Diospyros kaki is an important fruit crop and its worldwide production was 5.2 M tonnes with 1.0 Mha of area harvested in 2014, which means five times more production and six times more cultivated area than 30 years ago []. (Diospyros virginiana L.) has a long history of use in the New World. The fi rst written description of the persimmon was by the "Gentleman of Elvas" in his account of the de Soto expedition (1539-1543). Early reports by the Spanish, French and English described the persimmon as a type of plum or medlar. Persimmons |itq| tji| mbp| fdq| ibq| fsk| xva| ltj| pho| xtt| hcg| wyy| rkw| fvt| dko| sas| tue| ttq| mfu| fyx| lht| xpl| kfd| rqe| sko| qvn| ken| gvt| biu| kbk| bpd| pal| ikh| qna| zpu| ebu| cip| bfq| yff| weo| xrj| ubq| vhq| ayh| msa| ios| htk| cmm| slg| spa|