Mabolo

Mabolo

Taxobox
name = Mabolo
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3



regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ebenaceae
genus = "Diospyros"
species = "D. blancoi"
binomial = "Diospyros blancoi"
binomial_authority = A.DC.

Mabolo or Velvet Apple ("Diospyros blancoi") is a plant closely related to the ebony tree and the persimmon. Its edible fruit has a skin covered in a fine, velvety fur 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 with its tree known as Kamagong.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • mabolo — (Diospyros discolor) m. Árbol ebenáceo de Filipinas, que da unos frutos semejantes al melocotón, pero de carne dura y desabrida. ⇒ *Planta. * * * mabolo. m. Árbol de Filipinas, de la familia de las Ebenáceas, que crece hasta diez u once metros de …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Mabolo — Ma*bo lo, n. (Bot.) A kind of persimmon tree ({Diospyros discolor}) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mabolo — m. Árbol de Filipinas, de la familia de las Ebenáceas, que crece hasta diez u once metros de altura, con flores dioicas, unas solitarias axilares y otras terminales en espiga, hojas alternas y fruto muy semejante al melocotón, pero de carne dura… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Mabolo — Diospyros blancoi Diospyros blancoi (Mabolo) Systematik Kerneudikotyledonen Asteriden …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • mabolo — filipininis juodmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Juodmedinių šeimos medieninis, vaisinis augalas (Diospyros blancoi), paplitęs pietryčių Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cavanillea philippensis; Diospyros blancoi; Diospyros discolor;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • mabolo — noun a) A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. b) The edible fruit of this tree …   Wiktionary

  • mabolo — ma·bo·lo …   English syllables

  • mabolo — məˈbō(ˌ)lō noun ( s) Etymology: Phillippine Spanish, from Tagalog mabulo : camagon …   Useful english dictionary

  • Diospyros blancoi — Mabolo Mabolo tree Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Diospyros discolor — Mabolo Ma*bo lo, n. (Bot.) A kind of persimmon tree ({Diospyros discolor}) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”