Willughbeia sarawacensis

Willughbeia sarawacensis, commonly known as kubal or kubal madu (Malaysia) and tabo (Philippines), is a large tropical vine-bearing plant with edible fruit native to Borneo and to the nearby Island of Palawan in the Philippines.[2] The fruit is the shape, size, and color of a grapefruit with a thin melon-like rind and have a concentrated sweet taste comparable to mango, soursop, and pineapple combined. At the government experiment station near Kuching, Sarawak they are grown on elevated platforms and said to start producing in less than two years. Currently there are 4 related species known in Borneo: Kubal asam or kubal taya, kubal tusu or kubal madu, kubal arang ( all fall under willughbeia sarawakensis) and another much bigger cousin tabau ( willughbeia elimeri). All four are round shape except kubal tusu, which is pear shape.

Willughbeia sarawacensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Willughbeia
Species:
W. sarawakensis
Binomial name
Willughbeia sarawakensis

Kubal arang ( charcoal) got it distinctive charcoal colour seed.

References
  1. Willughbeia sarawacensis was originally described and published as Ancylocladus sarawacensis in Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris n.s., 1: 96. 1898. The name Willughbeia sarawacensis was published in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachtr. 2: 55. 1900, making A. sarawacensis the basionym of W. sarawacensis. "Willughbeia sarawacensis (Pierre) K.Schum". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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