Shrub ID.....Wild Tomater?

[batmaninja]

Located in the Hill Country, they grow about knee high to head high. Have green fruits/berries? I think it is a wild tomato tree, any ideas? Is it worth keeping these?

[Charlie]

Persimmon?

[Fishndude]

persimmon

[lab man]

Texas Persimmon

[texashunter56]

Texas or Mexican Persimmon and it is a late July into August mast crop.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/DIOSPYROSTEXANA.HTM

[Patton]

Persimmon. Very delicious when green, can eat the skin and all.

[Fishndude]

Persimmon. Very delicious when green, can eat the skin and all.

Lol!! And be sure to have a roll of TP handy.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Persimmon. Very delicious when green, can eat the skin and all.

[texashunter56]

Persimmon. Very delicious when green, can eat the skin and all.

[batmaninja]

Man yall are good, thank you!

Apparently you can stick them berries all kind of places.

Perhaps most important is the use of the fruit as an astringent for treating sores in the throat and mouth, practiced by the Cherokee. They also used that quality of the fruit to treat hemorrhoids, and they chewed the bark to treat heartburn