What is the difference between persimmon and tomato? Let's make it clear in one go

Persimmon is a berry-type fruit of the Ebenaceae family, native to China, with a cultivation history of more than a thousand years. Tomato, whose scientific name is Solanum lycopersicum, is native to South America and is now widely cultivated in both northern and southern China. In some places, tomato is also called persimmon. Do you know their differences? Let's take a look together below at what the differences between persimmon and tomato are!

Differences in family and genus between persimmon and tomato

1. Persimmon: Persimmon is a deciduous tree of the plant kingdom, Angiosperms, Dicotyledons, Ericales, Ebenaceae, and the genus Diospyros.

2. Tomato: Tomato is a perennial herbaceous plant of the plant kingdom, Angiosperms, Dicotyledons, Solanales, Solanaceae, the genus Solanum, and the subgenus Lycopersicon.

Differences in morphology between persimmon and tomato

1. Persimmon: The persimmon tree usually reaches more than 10-14 m in height, with bark from dark gray to grayish black, a spherical or oblong-spherical crown, papery leaves that are ovate-elliptic to obovate or nearly round, dioecious flowers, axillary inflorescences, cymose inflorescences, and rather varied fruit shapes. The flowering period is May to June, and the fruit ripening period is September to October.

2. Tomato: The tomato plant is 0.6-2 m tall, wholly covered with sticky glandular hairs, with a strong odor, and the stem easily lodges. The leaves are pinnately compound or pinnately parted, the corolla is rotate, and the berry is oblate or nearly spherical, fleshy and juicy, orange-yellow or bright red, smooth, with yellow seeds. The flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

Differences in alternative names between persimmon and tomato

1. Persimmon: Red persimmon is also known by other names such as Dudu, Zhuguo, and Hongshi. It is native to China, and its main production areas are Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Beijing, Tianjin, and other places.

2. Tomato: The scientific name of tomato is Solanum lycopersicum, and its alternative names include fanshi, liuyueshi, xihongshi, yangshizi, maoxiucai, love fruit, lover's fruit, and so on. It is native to South America and is widely cultivated throughout northern and southern China.

Differences in effects between persimmon and tomato

1. Persimmon: Persimmon is sweet and astringent in taste and cold in nature, entering the heart, lung, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs, and quenching thirst, and is suitable for conditions such as high blood pressure, thyroid problems, and hemorrhoids.

2. Tomato: Tomato is sweet and sour in taste and slightly cold in nature, entering the liver, lung, and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the liver, and promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, and is suitable for conditions such as diabetes, bleeding gums, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease, and hepatitis.