Persimmon vs. Passionfruit — What's the Difference?

The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki.

The edible fruit of a passionflower, especially the widely cultivated species Passiflora edulis. Also called lilikoi.

Any of various chiefly tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, having hard wood and orange-red fruit with sweet usually soft pulp, especially D. kaki, native to East Asia, and D. virginiana, native to the eastern United States.

Alternative spelling of passion fruit

The fruit of any of these trees.

A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature.

The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious.

Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

Orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe