Is this a kind of apple?
By Miss_Leafy
@Miss_Leafy (4296)
Colombia
May 7, 2020 11:28am CST
I found a tree bearing a lot of fruits at the nearby neighborhood when I walked with my husband to his friend's house. So, we stopped and looked at the fruits. We'd never seen that kind of fruits in our life. For us that is something new. I picked up some fruits and tried one of them. It tastes so good. Like peach. Its skin is brownish or velvet with soft 'hair' covering its skin, and its flesh is white or a little pink, the flesh is soft and creamy, and it tastes like the mixture of banana, pineapple, and peach. So lovely.
I asked a local people there, and they told me it's a kind of apple.
We disagreed with it. It doesn't look like apple at all.
What do you think?
Do you have idea of what fruit it is?
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6 responses
@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
7 May 20
I agree with you. It doesn't look like apple at all.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
7 May 20
The fact that it has a single stone and four sepals where the fruit came off the tree tells me that it's not an apple of any kind, even though one of its common names is 'velvet apple'. In fact, it's related to the persimmon (and the ebony tree) and locally known as kamagong or mabolo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_discolor
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
7 May 20
Yes, it has a single seed. I'm glad you told me what fruit it is actually. Thank you for your information. Wow..so its name is velvet apple. What a pretty name.
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@mrki444 (15150)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
8 May 20
@Miss_Leafy After my avocao and fig adventure I will not even try guess it.
@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
8 May 20
@mrki444 Lol. It will be fun if you try guessing it again.
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
7 May 20
Neither do I. Strange but beautiful fruit.
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@arunima25 (85498)
• Bangalore, India
7 May 20
Not sure of it. Definitely no where close to apple. A mixture of banana, peach and apple sounds really delicious.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
9 May 20
Yes that's a velvet apple. It's native in our country Philippines. We call it Mabolo fruit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_discolor
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
11 May 20
@Miss_Leafy why not try it? Secure or get its seeds and plant them.
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
12 May 20
@Nakitakona Ah...I wish I thought of that idea.
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
9 May 20
Awesome. Now I wonder if I could grow gow it in Colombia
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