Japanese Persimmon and Date Facts

Japanese Persimmon

Date

Facts

Facts about

Unripe persimmons contain lots of tannin which is used to brew sake & to preserve wood in Japan.
A small non-edible fruit of persimmon tree is crushed with water, the solution is painted on paper & used to repel mosquitoes.

Date is known as the tree of life in Middle east.
Date palms cover 3% of the earth's total farmlands.
Scholars believe that date (and not apple) was the real fruit mentioned in the Bible's Garden of Eden.

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China

Egypt

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Azerbaijan, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Japan, Pakistan

Algeria, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan, South Africa, United Arab Emirates