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Diospyros digyna, Diospyros obtusifolia Family: Ebenaceae Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Black/Chocolate Persimmon Origin: Mexico If you've ever seen the lovely persimmon tree, you'll want one. This is a handsome tree with dark green, leathery, glossy leaves. Everbearing. Fruit are greenish-brown when ripe. Thin skinned, flesh sweet to bland, chocolate-brown in color. A spoonful of honey mixed into the pulp makes it glossy, shiny and tasty, living up to its popular name of Chocolate Pudding Fruit. Tolerates standing water and alkaline soil. Several seeds in a fruit. Germination is erratic and may take from 2 to 10 weeks. Put the seed in some sphagnum moss after you've eaten the fruit. Store the seed and moss in a closed bag in the refrigerator for ninety days. Then sow the seed, covering it with a shallow layer of soil. Give it warmth and bright light and keep your fingers crossed. Link to this plant: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/diospyros_digyna.htm

Seeds sprout right inside the fruit

Seeds starting to sprout

Blooming in 3 gal container

Flowers on a tree growing in container