Date-plum
Diospyros lotus · Ebenaceae · 고욤나무
Look
- Leaves
- Elliptic, 6 to 12 cm long; the underside is gray-green with curved hairs on the veins.
- Flowers
- Pale green bell-shaped flowers bloom in June in the axils at the base of new shoots.
- Bark
- Bark is dark gray; the gray hairs on one-year-old twigs soon disappear.
Where it grows
- Native to
- China, Taiwan and Japan; in Korea south of Gyeonggi-do.
- Ecology
- More cold-hardy than the persimmon; flowers and fruits well in sunny sites with deep, well-drained, fertile sandy loam.