Diospyros discolor
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Popular Names
- English: mabolo, velvet apple, butter fruit
- French: mabolo, pommier velours
- Indonesian: buah mentega
- Sundanese: bisbul, mabolo
- Malaysian: buah lemah, buah sagalat, kayu mantega
- Philippines: mabolo, kamagong; talang (tagalog)
Biology
dioecious.
Classification and nomenclature
synonym: Diospyros discolor Willd. (1806), nom. illeg.
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 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.
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