JAPANESE PERSIMMON * DIOSPYROS KAKI

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• Trees grown for their handsome foliage as well as their edible fruits.
   
• The few cultivated species are ornamental trees, rarely attacked by insects, and with decorative and edible fruit. Much cultivated in Japan for its large and edible fruit, is hardy only in the southern states. They thrive in almost any soil, but require in cooler climates, sheltered and sunny positions.
   
• Grows to 40 ft.