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Aiitidcsma buuius. (Euphorbiaceae . ) 36088. Seeds of 

 the bignai from Manila. Presented by Mr. 0. W. Barrett, 

 Chief, Division of Horticulture, Philippine Department of 

 Agriculture. "A small, reddish, currant-like fruit, pro- 

 duced on a small to medium-sized tree of common occurrence 

 and easy culture." (Barrett.) For distribution later. 



Artocarpus odoratissimus . (Urticaceae . ) 36256. Seeds of 

 the marang from Lamao , Bataan, Philippine Islands. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. P. J. Wester, Horticulturist, Division of 

 Horticulture, in charge of Lamao Experiment Station. 

 "These seeds were collected in Zamboanga during my recent 

 trip to Mindanao. This is my second opportunity to test 

 the marang, and I have no hesitation to declare it as one 

 of the coming tropical fruits even in its present unde- 

 veloped state. It is very sweet and rich in flavor, and 

 has the unique quality of having a flesh that separates 

 readily and absolutely from the seeds and the skin. As 

 far as I have been able to ascertain the marang occurs 

 only on the south coast of Mindanao and in the Sulu archi- 

 pelago. On my return to Manila I met on the steamer a 

 missionary that had lived in Borneo for three years, part 

 of which time was spent in Sandakan; she had neither heard 

 of nor seen the fruit before. The marang will probably 

 not succeed except where the climate is warm ana humid 

 throughout the year and the atmosphere close and still. 

 The tree is also known as madang. It is a medium-sized 

 tree with large dark-green leaves, entire or more or less 

 conspicuously trilobate, 18 to 24 inches long and 10 to 12 

 inches broad, similar in habit to the breadfruit, and is 

 found on the south coast of Mindanao and in the Sulu ar- 

 chipelago, and was first described from Mindoro. The fruit 

 is large, about 6 inches long and 5 inches in equatorial 

 diameter, roundish oblong, regular, thickly studded with 

 soft greenish-yellow spines about one-third of an inch in 

 length on the outside; rind thick and fleshy; flesh white, 

 sweet, rich, juicy, aromatic and of good flavor, separated 

 into segments (of about the size of a grape) clinging to 

 the core; each segment containing a seed; seeds many, 

 whitish, one-third by three-fifths of an inch, smooth, 

 separating readily from the flesh. When the fruit is 

 ripe, by passing a knife around and through the rind, with 

 a little care the two halves separate from the flesh 

 leaving this like a bunch of white grapes. Ripe fruits 

 were obtained in August. The marang is far superior to 

 its relatives, the jak and the ordinary breadfruits found 

 in the Philippines, and already in its present form is a 

 remarkably good and attractive fruit. The tree was noted 

 by the writer in Zamboanga and Davao." (Wester, in the 

 Philippine Agricultural Review, November 1912, and in 

 correspondence.) For distribution later. 



