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{{Short description|Edible fruit}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{About|the edible fruit}} [[File:Fuyu persimmon fruits, one cut open.jpg|thumb|Oriental persimmon fruit, whole and halved, of the firm cultivar 'fuyu'.]] [[File:Persimmon fruit seed.jpg|thumb|Persimmon fruit seed]] [[File:Persimmons at Bilpin-Pine Crest.jpg|thumb|Persimmons on a tree at [[Bilpin, New South Wales]].]] The '''persimmon''' ({{IPAc-en|p|Ιr|Λ|s|Ιͺ|m|Ι|n}}) is the edible [[fruit]] of a number of species of trees in the genus ''[[Diospyros]]''. The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, ''[[Diospyros kaki]]''<ref name="morton">{{cite web|url=https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/japanese_persimmon.html|title=Japanese persimmon|author=Morton JF|publisher=NewCROP, New Crops Resource Online Program, Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products; from Morton, J. 1987. Japanese Persimmon. pp. 411β16. In: Fruits of warm climates|year=1987}}</ref> {{snd}} ''Diospyros'' is in the family [[Ebenaceae]], and a number of non-persimmon species of the genus are grown for [[ebony]] timber. In 2022, [[China]] produced 77% of the world's persimmons.
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