Kamagong

Scientific name
Diospyros blancoi
Family Name
Ebenaceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Itom-itom Butuan
Ituman Leyte
Kadabdab Camarines
Kahagon Agusan
Mabolo, Balatinau Ilocos

Conservation Status

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC

Vulnerable

DAO

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
1/526
2/526
3/526
4/526
5/526
6/526
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Kamagong can reach up to:

Height

32 m

Diameter

100 cm

Outer bark dark gray to black, rough, sometimes lenticillate
Leaves simple, alternate, oblong or subelliptic, about 20 x 7 cm, base obtusely rounded, apex acute to acuminate; dark green above, glaucous and silvery hairy beneath; petiole thick, to 1 cm long, pubescent
Male flowers axillary, cymes with 3-7 flowers; pedicel short; calyx tubular but deeply 4 lobed, about 1 cm long; corolla slightly larger than calyx, tubular, 4-lobed, creamy-white; stamens 24-30, united in pairs at base; female flowers are solitary, axillary, subsessile, slightly larger than male flowers; with 4-10 stamens
Large reddish and fleshy, thickly covered with velvety hairs.
0-800
In the Philippines the main flowering period is during the dry season in February-April, fruiting in June-September. Male trees must be planted near the female trees for effective pollination and fruit production.
Primary and secondary forests including forests over limestone.
SOWING: Germination media - Unsterilized garden soil + sand at 3:1 and 2:1 ratio. Seeds could be directly sown in plastic bags or pre-germinated in seedbeds at 4x3 cm spacing. Seeds could be recalcitrant like Diospyros philippinensis and therefore requires immediate sowing and short storage period. TRANSPLANTING AND CARE FOR SEEDLINGS: Seedlings are transplanted in plastic bags. Many seedlings reached the outplanting age of 3 months (11cm high) and 5 to 6 months after germination (7.5 cm high). Hardening treatments included gradual exposure to full sunlight for 2 to 4 months in Bicol and reduced watering for 2 months.

Seeds

Cuttings

Primary and secondary forests including forests over limestone.

Planting

SOWING: Germination media - Unsterilized garden soil + sand at 3:1 and 2:1 ratio. Seeds could be directly sown in plastic bags or pre-germinated in seedbeds at 4x3 cm spacing. Seeds could be recalcitrant like Diospyros philippinensis and therefore requires immediate sowing and short storage period. TRANSPLANTING AND CARE FOR SEEDLINGS: Seedlings are transplanted in plastic bags. Many seedlings reached the outplanting age of 3 months (11cm high) and 5 to 6 months after germination (7.5 cm high). Hardening treatments included gradual exposure to full sunlight for 2 to 4 months in Bicol and reduced watering for 2 months.

WOOD USES: For cabinet work, furniture, inlaying; canes, tool handles, finger boards and keys of guitars and violins, drawing instruments, shuttles, bobbins, spindles, combs, novelties, etc. ENVIRONMENTAL USES: Windbreaks and good for soil erosion control.

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