I’m not sure what its scientific name is.

There are a lot of these things here in my house.

It’s called black dates here

This seems to be it

Jun Qianzi

Alias: Black Date

Scientific name: Diospyros

lotus

Linn.

English name: Dateplum

Persimmon

Family name: Persimmonaceae

Ebenaceae

Tree, 5-10 meters tall meters; bark is dark brown, deeply split into square shapes; young branches have gray pubescence. The leaves are oval to oblong, 6-12 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. The surface is densely pubescent and then falls off. The back is gray or pale, with pubescence on the veins. The flowers are light yellow or red, solitary or clustered in the leaf axils; the calyx is densely pubescent,

4 deeply divided, and the lobes are oval. The fruit is nearly spherical, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, blue-black when ripe, with a white wax layer, and nearly stalkless. The flowering period is May and the fruit ripening period is October-November.

Produced in mountainous areas, wild on hillsides, valleys or cultivated; distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Central and South China and southwest.

The material is excellent and can be used as general material; the fruit can be used to remove astringency and be eaten raw or make wine or vinegar. It contains vitamin C and can be extracted for medical use; the seeds are used as medicine, which can relieve thirst and heat; the Junqianzi tree can be used as a persimmon. Sweet rootstock.