Cook with Common persimmon
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About
Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, "'Simmon", "Possumwood", or "Sugar-plum". It ranges from southern Connecticut/Long Island to Florida, and west to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The tree grows wild but has been cultivated for its fruit and wood since prehistoric times by Native Americans.
Aroma profile
Derived from flavor compounds · verified measured labels + GNN ensemble predictions
0×53
1×21
2×15
3×4
woody×4
4×3
fresh×3
minty×3
Flavor compounds
60 compounds identified — FoodAtlas / FooDB verified
(+)-cis-abscisic aldehyde(+)-neomenthol(-)-maackiain(+)-taxifolin(-)-jasmonoyl-l-isoleucine(+)-7-iso-jasmonate(+)-1(10),4-cadinadiene(+)-lariciresinol(+)-secoisolariciresinol(-)-lariciresinol(+)-pinoresinol(+)-pulegone(2e)-octenoyl-coa
Molecular pairings
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
Source & License
Source
FooDB
License
CC-BY-NC
Source page
Imported
4/17/2026, 3:59:34 PM
Verification
Multi-layer verified