Diospyros virginiana

• BOTANICAL NAME: Diospyros virginiana
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• Eucommia ulmoides
• PRONUNCIATION:
• COMMON NAME: Hardy Rubber Tree
• FAMILY: eucommiaceae
• NATIVITY: Central China
• GROWTH HABIT: 40 to 60' high, rounded to broad-spreading tree, pyramidal in youth.
• HARDINESS: USDA Zone (4)5 to 7
• CULTURE: Full sun, very soil tolerant, resist drought, pH adaptable.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Shade tree
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, simple 3- 6" long, about half as wide. Elliptic or ovate to oblong-ovate, serrate margin. acuminate apex and broad cuneate or rounded base.
• BUDS: Imbricate, sessile ovoid, chest nut brown, 1/ 4" long, terminal lacking, ending in a leaf.
• BARK: Gray- brown. ridge and furrowed.
• FLOWER: dioecious, staminate, clusters of brown stamens, female consisting of a single pistil.
• FRUIT: Capsule like with compressed wings, 1 1/2"long oval-oblong, 1 seeded.
• PROPAGATION:
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS: