Diospyros discolor

Diospyros discolor A. DC. (1844)

Order	Ericales
Family	Ebenaceae
Genus	Diospyros

2n = 30

Origin : Philippines, Taiwan

wild and cultivated

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|area = cultivated in S.E. Asia and other tropical countries

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

Diospyros blancoi A. DC. (1844)

synonyms:

• Diospyros discolor Willd. (1806), nom. illeg.
• Diospyros mabola Roxb. (1814), nom. nudum

History

Introduced in some tropical countries (Indonesia).

Uses

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Velvet Apple aka Mabolo on 21st June, 2008.

fruit, timber, roadside tree, rootstock for Diospyros kaki.

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)

Links

PROSEA

Mansfeld

GRIN page

Prota4U page

IPNI