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== Biology ==
<gallery widths=80px 150px heights=80px 150px perrow=9 caption="caption of kaki through the galleryseasons">
File:Diospyros kaki3.jpg|flower
File:Diospyros kaki RJB.jpg|end of flowering
*non ''Diospyros kaki'' L.f. (1781)
*''Diospyros chinensis'' Blume (1823), nom. nudum
[[File:Persimmon(non astringent & astringent).jpg|thumb|250px|upper fruit: non astringent, unripe (left) and mellowed (right); lower fruit:astringent, unripe (left) and mellowed right. (Vineyard)]]
The pomological classification recognizes four groups:
== History ==
[[File:PersimmonWatercolor.jpg|thumb]250px|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).
