As everyone knows
Blueberries, also known as Dusi, Black Bean Tree (Daxing'anling), Dian Guo, Di Guo, Dragon Fruit, Clam Pond Fruit (Jilin), Narisu (Mongolian), Gierte, Wuget (OrunChun), etc., are perennial low shrubs of the genus Bilberry in the rhododendron family. Native to North America and East Asia, it is distributed in Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Europe, North America and China's Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin Changbai Mountain and other countries and regions, growing at an altitude of 900 ~ 2300 m
But you know what? It's also called "persimmon."
Persimmon: It is a large deciduous tree of the persimmon family, persimmon family. It is usually taller than 10–14 m and has a chest height of up to 65 cm in diameter; the bark is dark grey to greyish black, or yellowish-grayish-brown to brown; and the canopy is spherical or oblong-spherical. The branches are developed, with green to brown, glabrous, scattered longitudinal fissure oblong or narrow oblong skin holes; the young shoots are initially ridged, with brown soft hairs or fluff or hairless. The leaves are papery, ovate to inverted ovate or nearly round; petioles are 8–20 mm long. The flowers are dioecious, axillary, and are polygonal inflorescences; the peduncle is about 3 mm long. The fruit is spherical, oblate spherical, etc.; the seeds are brown, oval, and flattened; and the stalk is thick and strong, 6-12 mm long. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruit period is from September to October.
Originating in the Yangtze River Basin of China, in the west of Liaoning, the Great Wall line through the south of Gansu, into Sichuan, Yunnan, south of this line, east to Taiwan Province, provinces and districts are cultivated. It is cultivated in Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Algeria in North Africa, France, the former Soviet Union, the United States, etc. Persimmon is a deep-rooted tree species and a masculine tree species that prefers warm weather, plenty of sunshine and deep, fertile, moist, well-drained soil.
The one we are most familiar with is the persimmon tree!
Persimmon tree is a fruit tree that has been cultivated for a long time in China. The fruit is often de-astringent and can be eaten at any time of the year. Persimmons can also be processed into persimmon cakes. Persimmon can be extracted from persimmon lacquer (also known as persimmon oil or persimmon astringent) and used to coat fishing nets, rain gear, fill ship seams and use as preservatives for building materials. In medicine, persimmons can stop bleeding and moisturize stools, alleviate hemorrhoids, swelling and pain, and lower blood pressure. Persimmon cake can moisturize the spleen and stomach, moisturize the lungs and stop bleeding. Persimmon wood has a large content of sapwood, which can be used as textile wooden shuttle, taro, spool, and can also be used as furniture, boxes, decorative materials and small utensils, fingerboards and string shafts for violins, etc. Again excellent landscape trees.
So what is the difference between "persimmon" and blueberries?
The scientific name of persimmon is bilberry, also known as Santo persimmon. Because it was originally used as food in the area of Daxing'anling in the northeast, different regions have different names for it, and the common names that are still circulating now are Dusi, Black Bean Tree (Daxing'anling), Clam TangGuo (Jilin), Dian Guo, Longguo, Nerisu (Mongolian), Jierte, Wugete (Orunchun), Diguo, etc., and there are many aliases.
Because persimmons grow in the primeval forests of the large and small Xing'an Mountains, the climate is cold and pollution-free, and it is known as the "Xing'an Little Snow Lotus". Its nutritional value is very high, whether it is brewing, making drinks, or making jam is very popular, of course, the most common way to eat is fresh food.
The name blueberry was originally called as an imported fruit. The earliest country in the world to cultivate blueberries is the United States, but it has only been a hundred years, because of its health value and popular in the world, the World Food and Agriculture Organization recommended it as one of the five health fruits.
By now, logistics and commodity circulation have developed greatly, and persimmon and blueberries can actually be regarded as two names for the same thing. Although blueberries may come from artificial cultivation, the label "persimmon" does not necessarily mean that it is all wild, because in the native area of persimmon, there are already orchards that cultivate it as a fruit tree.