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The seeds, leaves, bark, ripe, and unripe fruit of the persimmon. Diospyros texana is a multi- trunked small tree or large shrub [ 2 ] with a lifespan of 30 to 50 years. [ 4 ] It usually grows to 3 m (9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 12 m (39 ft) on good sites. [ 5 ] The bark is smooth and light reddish gray [ 6 ] and peels away from mature ...
Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, [3] common persimmon, [4] eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, [5] or sugar plum. [6] It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida, and west to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa. The tree grows wild but has been cultivated for its ...
Clemens Unit (CN) is a prison farm of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, [1] in Greater Houston. The prison, with about 8,008 acres (3,241 ha), is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2004 and Texas State Highway 36. [2] The prison, in the Texas Gulf Coast region, [3] is in ...
The persimmon (/ pərˈsɪmən /) 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 [1] – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-persimmon species of the genus are grown for ebony timber. In 2019, China produced 75% of the ...
Honey Creek State Natural Area. / 29.86333°N 98.49000°W / 29.86333; -98.49000. Honey Creek State Natural Area is a nature preserve of almost 2300 acres in western Comal County, Texas, United States. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired part of the natural area from the Nature Conservancy in 1985 [ 1] and the rest from a ...
Basin countries. United States. Carancahua Bay is a northern extension of Matagorda Bay located in Jackson and Calhoun counties in Texas, United States. It is oriented from the southeast to the northwest but meanders as it reaches the north to the confluence with Carancahua Creek watershed. Generally slender, Carancahua Bay is only about 1 mile ...
Brewster County, Texas, United States. Range. Santiago Mountains. Coordinates. 29°40′06″N 103°10′15″W. / 29.6682480°N 103.1707268°W / 29.6682480; -103.1707268. Persimmon Gap is a mountain pass located in Big Bend National Park in Texas . It is traversed by U.S. Highway 385 .
Embryopteris discolor (Willd.) G.Don. Mabola edulis Raf. Diospyros blancoi, (synonym Diospyros discolor), commonly known as velvet apple, velvet persimmon, kamagong, or mabolo tree, [1] is a tree of the genus Diospyros of ebony trees and persimmons. It produces edible fruit with a fine, velvety, reddish-brown fur-like covering.