id: 594

name: Persimmon

flavor_bible_name_variants: persimmon,persimmons

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Persimmon

flavor_db_name_variants: persimmon

name_scientific: Diospyros

description: Persimmons are the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and certain species of Diospyros are the sources of most kinds of ebony wood, and not all species bear edible fruit. In color the ripe fruit of the cultivated strains range from light yellow-orange to dark red-orange depending on the species and variety. They similarly vary in size from 1.5 to 9 cm (0.5 to 4 in) in diameter, and in shape the varieties may be spherical, acorn-, or pumpkin-shaped. The calyx generally remains attached to the fruit after harvesting, but becomes easy to remove once the fruit is ripe. The ripe fruit has a high glucose content. The protein content is low, but it has a balanced protein profile. Persimmon fruits have been put to various medicinal and chemical uses. Like the tomato, persimmons are not popularly considered to be berries, but in terms of botanical morphology the fruit is in fact a berry.

itis_id: 23853

wikipedia_id: Persimmon

picture_file_name: 608.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 38596

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:34:08.000Z

legacy_id: 635

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:51.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:28.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 13492

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00594