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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Full Sun
6+ hours of direct sun per day
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Fruit, Trees, Shrub, Tree, Edible
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
Female flowers appear solitary and are creamy-white. Male flowers are in clusters of 3 and are pinkish.
Fruit
3-4 inch orange fruit is globular/ oval. When cut in the middle, it has 8 lighter colored lines inside. May persist into winter.
Benefits
Attracts
Birds
Bees
Pollinators
Taxonomy
Order
Ericales
Family
Ebenaceae
Genus
Diospyros