View source for Diospyros texana

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|accepted_name=Diospyros texana
|accepted_authority=Scheele
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=22: 145. 1849 ,
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|common_names=Black persimmon;chapote
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brayodendron texanum
|authority=(Scheele) Small
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|hierarchy=Ebenaceae;Diospyros;Diospyros texana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ebenaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Diospyros]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Diospyros texana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 248, 250
|treatment_page=page 249
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, to 15 m. <b>Bark</b> light reddish gray, smooth and flaking. <b>Leaves</b> tardily deciduous; petiole 0.1–0.5 cm; blade dark green and glossy adaxially, obovate, 2–5 × 1–3 cm, thick, apex rounded to emarginate, abaxial surface tomentose, without basilaminar glands. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered cymes, borne on twigs of previous season. <b>Flowers</b> 0.8–1.6 cm; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens usually 16; anthers dehiscent by subapical slits; pistillate flowers without staminodes; styles usually 4, connate for most of their lengths; ovary pubescent. <b>Berries</b> black, not glaucous, subglobose, 1.5–2.5 cm diam., pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> light red, trianguloid, ca. 0.8 cm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Mar; fruiting Aug.
|habitat=Open woodlands of bottomlands, prairie margins, rocky hillsides
|elevation=0-1800 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p>Brayodendron, based on <i>Diospyros texana</i> and segregated because of its apically dehiscent anthers, lack of staminodes, and coherent styles, can hardly stand up within a worldwide view of the Ebenaceae. As well as being eaten by people and wildlife, the fruits also are used in dying. The heartwood turns dark sooner than in <i>D. virginiana</i>; the small size of the stems limits its use.</p>
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name=Diospyros texana
|author=
|authority=Scheele
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Brayodendron texanum
|basionyms=
|family=Ebenaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Mar; fruiting Aug.
|habitat=Open woodlands of bottomlands, prairie margins, rocky hillsides
|elevation=0-1800 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Diospyros
|species=Diospyros texana
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