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== Classification ==
''Diospyros kaki'' Thunb. (1780)
*non ''Diospyros kaki'' L.f. (1781)
*''Diospyros chinensis'' Blume (1823), nom. nudum
[[File:Persimmon(non astringent & astringent).jpg|upper fruit: non astringent, unripe (left) and mellowed (right); lower fruit:astringent, unripe (left) and mellowed right. (Vineyard)]]
The pomological classification recognizes four groups:
== Cultivars ==
File:Diospyros kaki 2006-120-21.jpg sharon
File:Diospyros kaki 'Fuyu' 20101209 b.jpg
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coleur bleutée due à quoi ?
== History ==
[[File:PersimmonWatercolor.jpg|cv. Hachiya - watercolor by Amanda A. Newton (USDA, 1887)]]
The probable progenitor of this hexaploid species is the wild diploid species ''Diospyros roxburghii'' Carr. (1872) (2n = 30).