The fruits of D. virginiana also contain up to eight large seeds. The trees are generally dioecious, with single pistillate flowers and usually three staminate flowers in a group. The Oriental persimmon is a round-topped, usually deciduous, tree to 20 feet high unless it is competing with other trees for light, when it might reach 40 feet.
Cultivation is similar to that of citrus or stone- fruit trees grown in warmer areas.
The campanulate flowers are three-quarters of an inch long and yellowish white, with outfolded, prominent green sepals extending beyond the corolla. Nectar secretion is probably similar to that of the American species. The blossoms hang downward, with the stigma rarely exposed beyond the petals, which offers little opportunity for wind pollination. He believed that ample crops of seedless fruits could be obtained without pollination. Some cultivars will develop some fruit to maturity without pollination, whereas other cultivars drop their fruit prematurely or fail entirely to set without pollination.