Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

This plant is native to the southeastern part of the United States including the unglaciated areas in the state of Ohio. This plant is the most northerly of the plants in the ebony family. The fruit of the common persimmon is edible although very astringent if not ripe. Plants are male, female and bisexual. Individual plants remain consistent in sexual orientation so that you can select for male plants if no fruit is desired. This plant has a more upright habit than most trees and that might allow the persimmon to be used in somewhat restricted spaces.