Diospyros glabra last fruits

Long-stalked, dry and decayed, some Diospyros glabra fruits hang from leaf axils on thin, woody branchlets near midwinter. These hairless branchlets are not new growth.

The juice has left the fruits or is still leaving some of them, the seeds still mostly inside the skins. The sepals reach upwards, as if rejoicing about the plant’s fruiting prowess. These fruits are usually ripe from before midsummer to early autumn.

By now the brightest parts in picture are the short petioles of the grey-green leaves. The smooth, flat blades have faint midribs where slight infolding occurs (Venter, 2012; iNaturalist).