American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana · Ebenaceae · 버지니아감나무
How to spot it
Dark bark deeply cut into square blocks, and orange fruit with a large calyx remaining at the base.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are broadly oblong, paler on the underside.
- Flowers
- Small fragrant flowers, white to greenish yellow. Male flowers are tubular, in groups of 2-3; female flowers are bell- or urn-shaped, borne singly.
- Fruit
- A round berry, yellowish to orange; the calyx at the base enlarges and a remnant of the style stays at the tip.
- Bark
- Thick dark gray bark cracks into square plates.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Central and eastern United States.
- Ecology
- The fruit feeds birds, small mammals, deer, foxes, raccoons and bears; deer browse the leaves and young twigs.