Diospyros virginiana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Diospyros virginiana L.

Common persimmon

Jo-Ann Ordano2004 California Academy of Sciences

2024 Donald Burk

2016 Zoya Akulova

Diospyros virginiana is a tree that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~27 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Diospyros
Family:	Ebenaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: agricultural plant

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Diospyros mosieri
PLANTS	Diospyros virginiana var. mosieri
PLANTS	Diospyros virginiana var. platycarpa
PLANTS	Diospyros virginiana var. pubescens
PLANTS	Diospyros virginiana var. virginiana

Information about Diospyros virginiana from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DIVI5) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/22/2024).