Editing Persimmon (section)

==Production==
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width:12em; text-align:center;"
|+ Persimmon production<br><small>2022, millions of [[tonne]]s</small><br/>
|-
| {{CHN}} || 3.40
|-
| {{KOR}} || 0.23
|-
| {{JAP}} || 0.22
|-
| {{AZE}} || 0.18
|-
| {{BRA}} || 0.16
|-
| '''World''' || '''4.44'''
|-
| colspan="2" |<small>Source: [[FAOSTAT]] of the [[United Nations]]<ref name=faostat>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC |title= Persimmon production in 2022; Crops/World regions/Production quantity (from pick lists)|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Division of Statistics (FAOSTAT)|date=2024|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref></small>
|}

[[File:NP Himachal Pradesh 17 (6347507849).jpg|thumb|Persimmons for sale at a fruit market in [[Kullu]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India.]]

In 2022, world production of persimmons was 4.44 million [[tonne]]s, led by China with 77% of the total (table).

In China, the Taiqiu persimmon variety yields approximately 30 tonnes of fruit per year at full production.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zang |first1=Jing |title=Taiqiu Variety Saves Persimmon Market This Autumn |url=https://www.producereport.com/article/taiqiu-variety-saves-persimmon-market-autumn |website=producereport.com |publisher=Producer Report |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>

===Australia===
The persimmon was introduced to Australia by Chinese immigrants in the 1850s. Only astringent varieties were cultivated until the introduction of non-astringent varieties from Japan in the 1970s. In 2022 the vast majority of persimmons sold domestically in Australia were non-astringent varieties.<ref name="Guardian Australia" >{{cite news |last1=Donnelly |first1=Fiona |title=Give persimmon a chance: five ways to eat the misunderstood fruit from salad to Alanna Sapwell's tarte tartin{{sic|hide=yes|expected='Tartin' misspelling in original}} |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/apr/28/persimmons-101-from-crunchy-to-jelly-soft-the-best-ways-to-eat-the-misunderstood-fruit |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 April 2022 |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>

===Azerbaijan=== 
Persimmons are one of Azerbaijan's most important non-petroleum exports. The main export markets are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mammadova |first1=Leman |title=Azerbaijan to open new persimmon processing plants |url=https://www.azernews.az/business/146220.html#:~:text=Persimmon%2C%20cultivated%20in%20Azerbaijan%2C%20contains,deficiency%20and%20chronic%20gastrointestinal%20diseases. |website=azernews.az |date=24 February 2019 |publisher=Azernews |access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref>

===India===
[[File:Persimmons for sale.jpg|thumb|250px |Persimmons for sale, Kolkata, West Bengal, India]]
Persimmons have various local names across India, including ''japani phal'' or ''amar phal'' in Uttar Pradesh, ''amlok'' in Assam, ''lukum'' in Manipur, and ''Seemai Panichai'' in Tamilnadu. They are grown in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Sikkim]], [[Darjeeling]] Region of [[West Bengal]] & [[Arunachal Pradesh]].{{Cn|date=November 2023}}

===Israel===
The primary variety produced in Israel is the '''Sharon fruit'''. Israel produces {{convert|30000|tonne|ST}} of Sharon fruit a year.<ref name="Serious Eats" />

"Sharon fruit" (named after the [[Sharon plain]] in Israel) is the marketing name for the Israeli-bred cultivar 'Triumph'.<ref name="Theencyclopedia">Janick, Jules and Paull, Robert E. (2008) ''The encyclopedia of fruit & nuts''. CABI. p. 327. {{ISBN|9780851996387}}</ref> As with most commercial pollination-variant-astringent persimmons, the fruit are ripened off the tree by exposing them to [[carbon dioxide]]. The "sharon fruit" has no core, is seedless and particularly sweet, and can be eaten whole.<ref name="Theencyclopedia" />

===Spain===
The primary variety produced in Spain is the Rojo Brillante. Spain produces 400,000 tons of Rojo Brillante a year.<ref name="Serious Eats" >{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Georgia |title=All About Persimmons and Persimmon Varieties |url=https://www.seriouseats.com/persimmons |website=seriouseats.com |publisher=Serious Eats |access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref>

In the [[Valencia]] region of Spain, there is a production area of kaki called the "''Ribera del Xùquer''" which has a protected label and where only persimmons of the variety "Rojo Brillante" or derived mutations are cultivated. The largest part of these astringent type persimmons are CO2 treated to remove astringency and marketed as "Persimon" with one "m", which is a registered trademark.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spanishpersimon.co.uk/spanish-persimon/ |title=Spanish persimon |date=2012 |publisher=Foods from Spain |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spanish Persimmons: the Sweetest Things! |author= |website=Foods & Wines from Spain |date=22 November 2018 |url= https://www.foodswinesfromspain.com/spanishfoodwine/global/food/features/feature-detail/spanish-persimmons.html}}</ref>

===United States===
California produces {{convert|10000|ST|tonne|disp=or}} of Fuyu a year. Most persimmons produced in California are seedless.<ref name="Serious Eats" /> California and Florida account for most commercial production. The first commercial orchards in Florida were planted in the 1870s and production peaked in the 1990s before declining. Most persimmon orchards in the US are small scale (70% less than {{convert|1|acre|ha|round=0.5|disp=or}} and 90% less than {{convert|5|acre|ha|round=0.5|disp=or}}).<ref name="Florida" >{{cite web |last1=Sarkhosh |first1=Ali |last2=Andersen |first2=Peter C. |last3=Huff |first3=Dustin M. |title=JAPANESE PERSIMMON CULTIVARS IN FLORIDA1 |url=https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MG242 |website=edis.ifas.ufl.edu |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref>