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- Title:
- Endemic Mabolo
- Description:
- Morga listed fruits eaten while he was residing in Filipinas from 1595-1603. One of them was mabolo ( Prospyrus blanco), called Velvet Apple in English. It is the fruit of kamagong, a Philippine tree that is endemic (meaning native and restricted to growing in the birthplace terrain originally; born on the archipelago from where it might spread elsewhere). Inside an inedible velvety, furry red skin is edible, soft creamy flesh that is scooped out with a spoon. While mabolo seems to have fallen out of popularity locally, it is cultivated and sold abroad and even comes in a seedless variety.
- Subjects:
- Mabolo Velvet Apple
- Exhibition:
- Antonio Morga 30
- Source:
- Image is Brand: Zaichenko Iryna
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Endemic Mabolo", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll058.html