中国原生,世界唯一自然脱涩的罗田甜柿

Luotian Persimmon,a Chinese indigenous Breed and the Only Variety of Natural Deastringency in the World

生长在湖北大别山南麓亚热带季风区的罗田甜柿,历史悠久。比日本公认1214年发现的最古老的甜柿'禅寺丸'还早180余年。南宋以前就有栽培,南宋时期已普遍采用良种嫁接繁殖技术。柿树寿命长、品质优、盛果期长、丰产性好,作为中国地理标志产品,罗田甜柿是世界唯一自然脱涩的甜柿品种。罗田现存百年以上古甜柿树7078株,其中300年以上二级古树1269株。

Luotian persimmon(sweet fuyu), located in Dabie Mountain of Hubei Province—a place in a subtropical monsoon climate zone, has a long history of cultivation, even 180 years older than the Japanese persimmon discovered in 1214. It is also the only persimmon of natural deastringency in the world. In Luotian grows 7,078 ancient persimmon trees of more than 100-year-old. And among them, 1269 are over 300 years old. The king of persimmon trees in Zhanzishi Village, Sanlifan, is at the senior age of 480.