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Also called eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood and sugar-plum.
Part of persimmon/ebony family Ebenaceae.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA central and mid-Atlantic. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America). 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) recipe
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🏠︎ bark (on the trunk)
🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ___ smooth 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds w/2 scales