370 WILD FOOD PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



Family EBENACEAE 



Genus DIOSPYROS 

 DIOSPYROS DISCOLOR Willd. (Figs. 80, 81) . Camagon * or Kamagong. 



Local names: Baling-ugtd (Cagayan) ; kamagong (Pangasinan, Zamba- 

 les, Nueva Ecija, Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, 

 Laguna, Sorsogon, Mindoro, Leyte, Dinagat Island, Surigao, Agusan) ; 

 itom-itom, malasantol (Butuan) ; iti'iman (Leyte) ; kamdya (Batanes 

 Island) ; mabulo (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Union, Zambales, Pampanga, Ri- 

 zal, Bataan, Cavite, Nueva Ecija, Manila, Guimaras Island) ; tdlang 

 (Rizal, Bataan, Pampanga). 



The fruits are large, rounded, fleshy, densely covered with 

 brown hairs, and have a disagreeable odor. They contain a 

 few rather large seeds. The fruits are edible and have a good 

 flavor. 



Diospyros discolor is a tree reaching a height of about 25 to 

 32 meters and a diameter of 60 to 80 centimeters. The leaves 

 are alternate, leathery, pointed at the apex, round or pointed 

 at the base. The upper surface is green and shiny; the lower 

 covered with soft, pale hairs. 



This species is common and widely distributed in the forests 

 of the Philippines from Luzon to the southern limits of the 

 Sulu Archipelago. It is frequently cultivated for its edible 

 fruit, which is widely known as mabolo or mabulo. 



Family APOCYNACEAE 



Genus OCHROSIA 

 OCHROSIA LITTORALIS Merr. 



Local names: Labnsei (Sibutu Island); pakoidan (Cagayan). 



The fruits are united at the base, 2.5 to 4 centimeters long, 

 and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. The outer part is fleshy 

 and covers a stone containing edible seeds. 



Ochrosia littoralis is a tree 2 to 10 meters in height. The 

 leaves occur in whorls of three or four, and are smooth, pointed 

 at both ends, 6 to 8 centimeters long, and 2 to 2.5 centimeters 

 wide ; the petioles 4 to 5 millimeters long or shorter. The flowers 

 are yellow and have a slender, cylindrical corolla-tube, which is 

 about 6 millimeters long. 



This species is distributed from northern Luzon to the southern 

 part of the Sulu Archipelago. 



* The Spanish pronunciation and spelling of the native Kamagong. 



