Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Diospyros virginiana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 1057 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Persimmon	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	776 cm	776 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 54 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 241, 673, 873, 909, 918	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	orange · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Single Crown	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Slow	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Differs from sources
Maximum height	2400 cm	2400 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 241, 673, 873, 909, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 92, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4.7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	91 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	31.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	berries_nuts_seeds, coppice_potential, fuelwood, nursery_stock, ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Diospyros virginiana L., 1753 35% complete

Persimmon

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