Mabolo

The round apple-shaped fruits, about 7 cm (3") in diameter, have a velvet-like skin, covered with fine reddish hairs, which encloses cream-coloured, sweet, and aromatic flesh, whose qualities have prompted at least one name meaning ‘butter fruit’. Before they are ripe they can be enjoyed as crisp fruit or sliced and fried as a vegetable. Fully ripe fruits are eaten fresh for dessert. The juice can be used in drinks or to make jellies.