What are the botanical characteristics of persimmon?

Persimmon genus of Persimmon family. Deciduous trees (Figure 12), up to15m; The crown is a natural semicircle; The bark is dark gray with rectangular small block cracks. Leaf blade elliptic, broadly elliptic or obovate, 6 ~18cm long, nearly leathery, tapering at the apex, broadly wedge-shaped or nearly round at the base, dark green and shiny on the surface and light green on the back. Dioecious or homoecious, male flowers are arranged in small cymes, and female flowers are solitary in leaf axils; Flowers 4 cardinal, corolla bell-shaped, yellow and white. Berries are large, oval or oblate, 2.5 ~ 8 cm in diameter, orange, bright yellow or red, with persistent and enlarged calyx. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is 9-65438+1October.

Figure 12 persimmon tree