Despite these challenges, humans have managed to define several persimmon varieties. Fuyu persimmons (Diospyros kaki 'fuyu') ...

Native to China and Japan, persimmon trees are deciduous fruiting trees that have been cultivated for centuries. Persimmon ...

Apart from its abundance of benefits, the persimmon, first cultivated in China thousands of years ago, also seems to have more names than most other fruits. In Latin it is Diospyros and in English ...