The Velvet apple (also called Mabolo) is not a real apple but rather a rare tropical fruit that is related to ebony trees. The name is well chosen as it looks like an apple but with a rather velvety skin, similar to a peach. This page provides basic information on velvet apple and some photos of the velvet apple.
| Scientific name | Diospyros blancoi |
| Synonym | Diospyros discolor |
| English | Velvet apple |
| English | Mabolo |
| English | Kamagong |
| English | Velvet persimmon |
| English | Korean mango |
| Dutch | Mabolo |
| Spanish | Mabolo |
| Spanish | Manzana velvet |
| German | Mabolo |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Origin: | The Philippines, China |
| Distribution: | South and South-East Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh |
| Evergreen or deciduous: | Evergreen |
| Flowers: | |
| Leaves: | The older leaves of the Mabolo tree are dark green. Younger leaves are pale green or pink with silky hair. |
| Fruits: | When ripe the fruits are bright red, the size of an apple (8-10 centimeters in diameter) and with a velvet skin. The skin has a rather cheese smell, but the fruit itself has not much odor and tastes pleasantly sweet. The pulp has a whitish cream color and covers several rather big seeds. Seedless varieties exist. |
| Trunc: | The Velvet apple tree has a very dense and hard wood with a dark color. The tree belongs to the ebony family which is know for its hard wood: "iron wood". |
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| Height: | Height varies between 10 and 30 meters. |
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| Harvesting: | Fruits are picked by hand. |
| Uses: | The fruits are eaten fresh after removing the skin, or
can be used to make juice. The wood of the tree is very hard (iron wood) and is used for making furniture and utensils. |
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