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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Mabolo
| image = Diospyros discolor.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ebenaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Diospyros]]''
| species = '''''D. blancoi'''''
| binomial = ''Diospyros blancoi''
}}

'''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 ceese 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]].
{{Wikispecies|Diospyros discolor}}

[[Category:Ebenaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Tagalog words and phrases]]