American persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
A hardy dioecious tree. Fruit is seedy and inedibly astringent until fully ripe/soft, often after frost. Not a Fuyu.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
What it is
A hardy dioecious tree. Fruit is seedy and inedibly astringent until fully ripe/soft, often after frost. Not a Fuyu.
Edible portions
- fully ripe soft fruit
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. 4–9
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Average, well-drained
- Planting. Need a male for most seedlings. Slow to fruit from seed.
- Harvest. Soft, translucent, often after frost or from the ground if clean.
Preparation and culinary uses
- Pudding, leather
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- No USDA FoodData Central nutrient profile is attached here. That is not a claim that the plant contains no nutrients.
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class B. Good foundation: enough unique information to exist as its own destination.