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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 10 to 15 feet but may reach 35 feet in optimal conditions
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Up to 1 inch green berries, maturing to dark purplish-black
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Texas Persimmon
  • Chapote
  • Persimmon
  • Mexican Persimmon
  • Black Persimmon
  • Chapote Prieto

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-08-25
Location: Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-09-17
Took 23 days to germinate.
Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-03-20
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: September 5, 2009
Ripe fruit and leaves
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: May 23, 2012
Plant with green fruit
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2018-03-27
The blooms have a nice, slightly citrus like fragrance

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