Persim Berry

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Persim Berry キーのみ Kī Fruit No. 08

Effect Heals confusion Natural Gift Type Ground Power 80 Flavor Generation III   SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR   0 0 0 0 0 Generation IV             10 SPICY       10 DRY       10 SWEET       0 BITTER       10 SOUR       Growth Generation III Planted 0 hours Sprouted 3 hours Taller 6 hours Flowering 9 hours Berries 12 hours Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 4 hours Taller 8 hours Flowering 12 hours Berries 16 hours Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 1.9" 4.7 cm Hard Bag description Generation III A hold item that heals confusion in battle.RSE When held by a Pokémon, it will be used in battle to lift confusion.FRLG A hold item that heals confusion in battle.ColoXD Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. It may be used or held by a Pokémon to recover from confusion.DPPt It may be used or held by a Pokémon to recover from confusion.HGSS Generation V If held by a Pokémon, it recovers from confusion. Generation VI A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. If a Pokémon holds one, it can recover from confusion on its own in battle. Generation VII Unknown Generation VIII Unknown Tag description Generation III Loves sunlight. The Berry's color grows vivid when exposed to the sun. Generation IV The more this berry absorbs energy from sunlight, the more vividly colorful it grows. Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Origin Name Persimmon Design Persimmon

A Persim Berry (Japanese: キーのみ Kī Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III. It is the spiritual successor of the Bitter Berry from Generation II, having an identical effect when used on or by a Pokémon.

Locations

Growth and harvest

Generation III

A Persim Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 12 hours, with 3 hours per stage. A Persim tree will yield 2-3 Berries.

Generation IV

A Persim Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 16 hours, with 4 hours per stage. A Persim tree will yield 2-5 Berries.

Generation VI

A Persim Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 24 hours, with 4 hours per stage. A Persim tree will yield 4-15 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant will add 1 Berry to the final harvest, weeding it will add 1, and removing a pest will add 3.

Uses

In-battle

A Persim Berry, if held by a Pokémon, can cure it of confusion instantly, or can be used as an item to cure confusion at any time.

Berry Blending

Berry Crushing

At 100% performance, this Berry will contribute 60 units of powder.

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, the Persim Berry will produce a level 13 Sweet Poffin when cooking alone.

Artwork

Dream World artwork

In the anime

Persim Berries in the anime

Multiple Persim Berries were seen growing in Dr. White's garden in A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In I Dare Ya, Altaria... Knock Chic off My Shoulder, a Persim Berry appeared amongst the Berries that Sapphire had collected during her travels.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named or holding a Persim Berry.

Persim Berry Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Turtwig		Majestic Dawn		78/100	PPP Promotional cards		001/PPP
					Regigigas LV.X Collection Pack		001/012

Trivia

• Despite the relationship of this berry to the Bitter Berry from Generation II, both being the Berries that cured confusion, the Persim Berry is not actually bitter. In Generation IV, bitterness is actually the only flavor that the Persim Berry does not have.

Names

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Berries

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This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Berry in the Pokémon series.