Kamagong,
mabolo,
tálang (all in the Philippines),
butter fruit (Singapore) or
velvet apple (
scientific name:
Diospyros blancoi) is a plant of the genus
Diospyros of
ebony trees and
persimmons. Its edible fruit has a skin covered in a fine, velvety fur which is usually reddish-brown, and soft, creamy, pink flesh, with a taste and aroma comparable to fruit cream cheese (the aroma of the fruit itself, however, is unpleasant, comparable to rotten cheese or cat feces, inspiring names like the French "Caca de Chat" in Reunion). It is native to the
Philippines, where
kamagong usually refers to the entire tree, and
mabolo or
tálang is applied to the fruit. It is also found in the Micronesian Islands of
Palau, known as
matib (
Palauan). Velvet apple trees are found, but rare, in
Sri Lanka too.