The Persimmon Trivia Quiz

Answer: Diospyros

The Diospyros genus contains about 500 species of plants of which one is the persimmon. An apple is an example of a plant in the Malus genius, an orange in the Citrus and a pineapple in the Ananas.

Answer: Ebenaceae

There are 768 species of plants and shrubs in the ebenaceae family. The ebenaceae family belongs to the ericales order.

Answer: yellow-orange

Persimmons can also be red-orange. The color depends on the species and variety of persimmon that you have.

Answer: star

There are no star shaped persimmons though there is a fruit called a star fruit. Again what shape it is depends upon what species and variety of persimmon it is.

Answer: True

Like the tomato, a persimmon is technically a berry but is not considered so in everyday life. By definition a berry is any fruit that is produced from one ovary.

Answer: Powhatan

The Powhatan language was an Algonquian language. The word "persimmon" comes from " putchamin, pasiminan, or pessamin" and it means "dry fruit".

Answer: kaki

The kaki is known as the Japanese persimmon. Sushi is raw fish. Konbanw means good evening, and sumimasen means excuse me. The Chinese and Japanese persimmons are the most widely known species of persimmons.

Answer: sharon fruit

Unlike the persimmon which has a core, the sharon fruit is coreless and can be eaten whole. It was named after the Sharon Plain in Israel.

Answer: Yes

Some people prefer to peel it before they eat it but the skin can be eaten. A person could eat a persimmon like they do an apple.

Answer: anti-tumor agents

Some persimmons contain betulinic acid and shibuol which help protect the body from tumors.

The wood from a persimmon tree does not have many uses, however, as it cracks very easily.