Description and Uses
Diospyros blancoi (Mabolo) is a
tropical
tree from
Malaysia & Indonesia . It is mainly grown for its
timber crops
, which have a
long shelf life. The crop is harvested by
hand picking. It starts flowering after
6 -
7 years. The yield will be
30 kg/tree, but in its top season there will be a yield of
60 kg/tree. Other crop types include;
fruit, medicinal, oil, repellent pesticide, timber, . The
fruit is used as
minor food . The
shoot is used as "
anti-diabetic, anti-diarrhea, hypertention, heart ailments, " with
{missing data} (? -
?) as its significant
phytochemical. There is
Mabolo seed oil extracted by
cold pressing from the
tree's
seed/nut yielding
? -
? oil. The
tree's wood is called
Mabolo wood and has a density of
1,050 -
1,150 kg/m³. Regarding firewood production the
tree's growing speed is
moderate, it's energetic value is
4400 ckal/kg and the wood's drying speed is
fast. 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 with a crown of
15 meters wide. The
tree prefers a planting distance of
600 cm and a row distance of
600 cm. It is
moderate fast growing and
intolerant to shade.
Diospyros blancoi has a
deep root-system and it has symbiotic associations with the
Acaulospora longula and Acaulospora scrobiculata and Acaulospora tuberculata and Claroideoglomus geosporum and Funneliformis etunicatum and Gigaspora candida and Gigaspora ramisporophora and Glomus albidum fungi
(endo-mycorrhiza). It is
not able to fix nitrogen with
"any bacteria. The name(s) or string of bacteria include(s)
"not applicable ". 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; optimally between
20 -
32°C. The optimal rainfall is
2250
mm/year. Without irrigation the annual rainfall should be between
950 -
2600mm (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
very tolerant and to fire
intolerant.
Pests and Diseases
Diospyros blancoi is susceptible to the following pests:
, Retithrips syriacus
. And it's susceptible to the following diseases:
no disease ,
,
.
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.
