What is a Japanese persimmon?

Answer 1

A persimmon is a fruit from the persimmon tree. Here in the Midwest persimmon trees are quite plentiful, and they tend to grow in groves. The fruit is about the size of a quarter, bright orange or melon-colored when ripe and has a sweet flavor. The unripe persimmon is green and very very tangy if bitten into. There is a saying: "You look like you've just bitten into a green persimmon" because it triggers a pucker up reflex.

They have very large seeds, that take up most of the space in the fruit, or they would make a decent human food.

There are some tame persimmons that have more flesh than seed that can be raised for a fruit for human consumption.

In the wild, persimmons give wildlife a good source of vitamin C. Persimmon trees heavy with fruit are an attractive sight, as well.

• in Israel we have developed a seedless persimmon called triomph

Answer 2

Yes. A persimmon is a fruit that looks like a dark orange tomato and has a sweet taste, and it has a few hard pits inside.

Answer 3

Persimmons can be eaten late in the fall (after turning orange) and I have been told they can be made into preserves.

Answer 4

The Japanese Persimmon

, or kaki (柿) in Japanese, is a flowering tree that bears edible fruit.