Xincheng Beef Heart Persimmon

Xincheng Beef Heart Persimmon

　　　　Product Name: Beef Heart Persimmon

　　Place of Origin: Xincheng

　　Product Features: The Beef Heart Persimmon belongs to the Ebenaceae family and is a deciduous tree. It can grow up to 13–14 meters tall, with lush branches and leaves. The crown is umbrella-like and spreads out in a round or blunt conical shape. The trunk is grayish-brown, and although the bark is deeply cracked in a blocky pattern, it does not peel off easily. The main branches are mostly curved, with tips that droop yet remain straight, displaying various postures. The leaves are elliptic or oblong, entire-edged, smooth on the upper surface, and covered with fuzz on the underside and leaf stalks. The lower surface of the leaf is lighter in color with a whitish tint.

　　Product Benefits: Xincheng Beef Heart Persimmons are sweet, juicy, and excellent for fresh eating, with an edible rate of over 96%. They also have high nutritional value. Medically, persimmon calyxes and dried persimmons are used in herbal medicine and have certain therapeutic effects on gastrointestinal diseases, stopping bleeding and lubricating the bowels, as well as lowering blood pressure. Persimmon calyxes can also treat hiccups and nocturia. Additionally, persimmons can be used as a grain substitute for making wine and vinegar. Persimmon lacquer extracted from green persimmons is an important industrial raw material.

　　Product Introduction: The Beef Heart Persimmon is a traditional and superior persimmon variety from Xincheng County, named for its fruit’s resemblance to a beef heart. Its fruits are mainly used for fresh consumption or for harvesting green persimmons to extract persimmon lacquer. The Beef Heart Persimmon belongs to the Ebenaceae family and is a deciduous tree. It can grow up to 13–14 meters tall, with lush branches and leaves. The crown is umbrella-like and spreads out in a round or blunt conical shape. The trunk is grayish-brown, and although the bark is deeply cracked in a blocky pattern, it does not peel off easily. The main branches are mostly curved, with tips that droop yet remain straight, displaying various postures. The leaves are elliptic or oblong, entire-edged, smooth on the upper surface, and covered with fuzz on the underside and leaf stalks. The lower surface of the leaf is lighter in color with a whitish tint. It flowers from mid-May to early June. The flowers are bell-shaped, yellowish-white, and mostly monoecious with separate male and female flowers (with both unisexual and bisexual flowers coexisting). The flowering period generally lasts 7–12 days. The flower stalks are 0.5–1.0 cm long and fuzzy. The calyx is large and four-lobed, with fuzz inside the tube and lobes. Stamens number 12–16 in male flowers, 8–16 in bisexual flowers, and only 8 in female flowers, with filaments 1.5–2.0 cm long. The ovary has 8 chambers, and the styles separate from the base with short soft hairs. The fruit is shaped like a beef heart, with a nipple-like protrusion at the top. The fruit color changes from green to yellow, and when ripe, it becomes orange-red. The seeds are flat, brownish, with one edge of the hilum being straight and the other curved.