Diospyros discolor
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Popular Names
- English:
- mabolo, velvet apple, butter fruit
- mabola persimmon, butter fruit (Wealth of India)
- French: mabolo, pommier velours
- Hindi: bilayati gab (Wealth of India)
- Indonesian: buah mentega (PROSEA)
- Sundanese: bisbul, mabolo (PROSEA)
- Malaysian: buah lemah, buah sagalat, kayu mantega (PROSEA)
- Philippines: mabolo, kamagong; talang (tagalog) (PROSEA)
Biology
dioecious.
Classification and nomenclature
synonyms:
- Diospyros discolor Willd. (1806), nom. illeg.
- Diospyros mabola Roxb. (1814), nom. nudum
Distribution area and domestication
cultivated in S.E. Asia and other tropical countries
History
Introduced in some tropical countries (Indonesia).
Main uses
fruit, timber, roadside tree, rootstock for Diospyros kaki.
Main references
- PROSEA 2, 1991. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 2. Edible fruits and nuts. ed. by E.W.M. Verheij & R.E. Coronel. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1992). 447 p.
- PROSEA 5(2), 1995. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 5 (2). Timber trees : minor commercial timbers. ed. by R.H.M.J. Lemmens, I. Soerianegara & W.C. Wong. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1995). p. 190.
- Wealth of India (The), 1952. A dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Vol. 3. Raw materials : D-E. New-Delhi, Council of scientific and industrial research. XX-236-XXX p., 22 pl., index vol. 1-3. (as D. discolor)
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