The Texas Persimmon is a deciduous or semi-evergreen large shrub or small tree normally growing to 3-5 m (10-15 ft) tall but potentially reaching 12 m (35 ft) in the southern parts of its range.  It is usually multi-trunked and has very hard wood.  The heartwood, produced in very large, older trunks, is black, similar to the heartwood of its relative (Diospyros ebenum), and its sapwood is clear yellow. Bark is light gray to white, smooth, thin, and sometimes peeling off in rectangular flakes to reveal a pink-coral layer beneath. Leaves can be up to 4 cm (2 in) usually only grow to 2 cm (1 in). They are firm, rounded or slightly notched at the tip, and obovate tapering toward the base with glabrous or tomentose leaf surfaces, and smooth margins that curve downward. Flowers that appear in March and April are dioecious, white, urn shaped, approximately 1 cm (1/2 in) long, and arranged singly or in small clusters among the new leaves. When flowers are successfully pollinated, they will produce a black to dark purple 2 cm (1 in) fleshy, round and sweet fruit at maturity in late July to September.