Diospyros blancoi

Diospyros blancoi

Biggest Plant Dictionary  | Diospyros blancoi | Butter plants is similar to its name and Mabolo, Velvet Apple or (locally) bossing sa mabolo (Diospyros blancoi) is a plant of the genus of ebony trees and persimmons, Diospyros. Its edible fruit has a skin covered in a fine, velvety fur the which is usually reddish-brown, and soft, creamy, pink flesh, with a taste and aroma comparable to fruit cream cheese (the aroma of the fruit Itself, however, is unpleasant , comparable to rotten cheese or cat feces; inspiring names like the French "Caca de Chat" in Reunion). It is native to the Philippines, where kamagong usually refers to the entire tree, and mabolo is applied to the fruit.

Plantation: Grafted young trees may be planted in the field 8-10 m apart at the onset of the rainy season. Seedling trees are planted along avenues at a spacing of 10-15 m. Once established in the field, the trees hardly receive any care. Husbandry: Watersprouts and interlacing branches of D. blancoi are occasionally pruned; so are branches that touch the ground.

Diospyros blancoi

Young fruit turns reddish brown to red light, then a bit dull when ripe. While the fruit flesh whitish, somewhat hard and dense, and dry. Sepat is rather sweet and distinctive smell, almost like the smell of cheese and durian. Seeds 0-10 eggs per fruit, a wedge-shaped, its size is 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm. Bisbul commonly eaten fruit in a fresh condition when ripe. The pulp also can be sliced ​​and mixed with other fruits to be used as salad. and it is done in Indonesia.

Diospyros blancoi

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In the Philippines, bisbul bear fruit between June to September; but in Bogor botanical fruit can be harvested have been between March-May. Besides the fruit is eaten fresh or as a mixed drink. Bisbul wood of good quality, reddish brown to black, fine-textured, strong and hard, in the Philippines dinaman kamagong, is a valuable craft materials and protected by law.

Diospyros blancoi

Diospyros blancoi

Diospyros blancoi

Diospyros blancoi