Mabolo - Diospyros blancoi
Description and Uses
Diospyros blancoi (Mabolo) is a tropical tree from Malaysia & Indonesia. It is mainly grown for its timber crops (long shelflife), but also Other uses include; fruit, medicinal, oil, repellent pesticide and timber can be produced. The crop is harvested by hand picking. It starts flowering after 6 - 7 years. The first yield will be 30 kg/tree but in its top season there will be a yield of 60 kg/tree. The fruit is edible. Medical uses include; Array The shoot contains - n/a - (? - ?). The tree`s wood is called Mabolo wood and has a density of 1050 - 1150 kg/m³. Regarding firewood production the tree`s growing speed is slow, its energetic value is 4400 ckal/kg and the wood`s drying speed is fast; for firewood production it is not ideal. After 40 years the tree can be totally removed as it reached its commercial and ecological goal. Diospyros blancoi has a lifespan of 80 years.
Environmental limitations
The tree is 16 meters tall. It is slow growing and tolerates not less light than full sun. Diospyros blancoi has a deep root-system and forms symbiotic relations Acaulospora longula,Acaulospora scrobiculata,Acaulospora tuberculata,Claroideoglomus geosporum,Funneliformis etunicatum,Gigaspora candida,Gigaspora ramisporophora,Glomus albidum,Glomus glomerulatum,Scutellospora calospora (endo-mycorrhiza). It is not able to fix nitrogen. The tree`s flower-morphology is dioecious and is pollinated by insects. Diospyros blancoi is evergreen and not allelopathic and has no thorns.
Diospyros blancoi thrives in an altitude of 0 to 750 meters above sea-level (tropical). The minimum temperature is -1°C and optimally between 20 - 32°C. The optimal rainfall is 2250 mm/year. Without irrigation the annual rainfall should be between 950 - 2600 mm (L/m²). The optimal soil-pH is between 5.0 - 6.0 in a soil texture of loam. To salt it is intolerant to wind a bit tolerant and to fire intolerant.
Pests and Diseases
has no pests and there are no significant diseases diseases.
Seed Propagation
Seeds are recalcitrant and can be stored for 1 months. There are approximative 2500 seeds/kg. The seeds can be propagated as followed: (1) Store harvested seeds in water or in the fruit at room temperature, (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing., (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
