== History ==
[[File:PersimmonWatercolor.jpg|thumb|150px|cv. Hachiya; watercolor by Amanda Newton (USDA, 1887)]]
The probable progenitor of this hexaploid species is the wild diploid species ''Diospyros roxburghii'' Carr. (1872) (2n = 30).
== Ethnology ==
[[File:Watanabe Shotei09.jpg|thumb|left|Bird on a Persimmon Tree, by Watanabe Shotei]][[File:PersimmonWatercolor.jpg|thumb|cv. Hachiya; watercolor by Amanda Newton (USDA, 1887)]]
== References ==