The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA L. Per- simmon. Ebenaceae.—A less than mod- erately large, round-topped tree, 25 to 30 feet tall; trunk dark gray to dark brown, its bark square-plated; branches spread- ing and drooping; leaves oval, pointed, leathery, shiny dark green, 4 to 6 inches long, petioled, alternate; female flowers greenish to creamy white, solitary on short stalks in the leaf axils; male flowers in clusters of 2 or 3; fruit globular, fleshy, astringent when green, reddish-yellow and sweet when ripe (after frost). The fruit is colle
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA L. Per- simmon. Ebenaceae.—A less than mod- erately large, round-topped tree, 25 to 30 feet tall; trunk dark gray to dark brown, its bark square-plated; branches spread- ing and drooping; leaves oval, pointed, leathery, shiny dark green, 4 to 6 inches long, petioled, alternate; female flowers greenish to creamy white, solitary on short stalks in the leaf axils; male flowers in clusters of 2 or 3; fruit globular, fleshy, astringent when green, reddish-yellow and sweet when ripe (after frost). The fruit is collected while still unripe; also the bark. Occurs as a scattered tree in dry woods from Peoria County south- ward, becoming increasingly common southward. Contains tannin, gallic acid, and pectin. Used as an astringent, chiefly in internal hemorrhage.
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