Ama-Persimm akhiqizwa ezindaweni ezishisayo ukuze kufudumele izifunda kuwo wonke umhlaba futhi aziwa ngamagama amaningana kufaka phakathi i-Persimmon, i-Asia noma iJapan Persimmon, i-Kaki Fruit ne-American Persimmon. Lesi sithelo esinqunyiwe sithandwa kakhulu eMpumalanga Ekude lapho womabili amazinga okusebenzisa kanye nokukhiqiza ebhekwa khona. Sithole ukuthandwa ezimakethe zaseNtshonalanga phakathi namashumi ambalwa eminyaka adlule futhi ukukhiqizwa kwezithelo kwalesi sithelo kwaqala eSouth Africa ngeminyaka yo-1990.
Translated by Nsika Khoza