Landscape Uses
Japanese Persimmon makes an attractive shade tree.  It is an accent tree in mixed plantings, where its colorful fall foliage and fruits stand out against the evergreen backdrop.

Special Notes
Fruit is edible and tasty, but don't eat it until fully ripe.

Fun Facts
Japanese Persimmon is also known as Chinese Persimmon, perhaps because the use of this plant was first recorded in Chinese medicine c. AD 720.  It has continued to be an accepted cure for hiccups.