Delaware Wildflowers • Families • Ebenaceae
Diospyros virginiana
PersimmonEbenaceae — Ebony family
Native
Pistillate flower bud.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Judge Morris EstateJune 2014
Staminate flowers
Cape Henlopen State ParkJune 2013
Pistillate flowers.
June 2014
Developing fruit, one with petals still attached.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Judge Morris EstateJune 2013
Pretty, but not ready to eat. They are very astringent at this point.
This one is getting close.
October 2013
This one is ready to eat.
November 2015
Woodlawn Tract
January 2015
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.