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Annona senegalensis (Annonaceae), 46630. From Ibadan, 

 Southern Provinces, Nigeria. Presented by the Director 

 of Agriculture. Abo (wild sop) varies greatly in size 

 sometimes being a low shrub up to 2 or 3 feet in height, 

 and again a tree 20 feet in height. The young branches 

 are rusty or tawny tomentose. The coriaceous leaves 

 have a rounded apex and broadly rounded base; the upper 

 surface is glabrescent and the lower is usually pale 

 and more or less pubescent. The solitary flowers are 

 borne on spreading or decurved peduncles, one-third to 

 one and one-half inches long. The edible fruit is erect 

 or pendent, yellow or orange when ripe and one and one- 

 half inches or more in diameter. This plant has been 

 found in Upper and Lower Guinea, Bornu, Mozambique 

 District, and the upper Nile valley. (Adapted from 

 Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 1, p. 16.) 

 Introduced for breeding experiments with the different 

 species of this genus to which the sugar-apple, sour- 

 sop and custard-apple belong. 



Artocarpus odoralissima (Moraceae), 46635. Marang. 

 From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, 

 Agricultural Advisor, Zamboanga, P. I. "Marang, also 

 known as madang. A medium-sized tree with large, dark 

 green leave's, entire or more or less conspicuously 

 trilobate, 45 to 60 cm. (18-24 in.) long and 25 to 30 

 cm. (10-12 in.) broad. The tree is similar in habit 

 to the breadfruit, and is found in the Sulu Archipelago 

 and on the south coast of Mindanao, and was first de- 

 scribed from Mindoro. The fruit is large, 16 cm. (6+ in.) 

 long and 13 cm. (5+ in.) in equatorial diameter, roundish 

 oblong, regular, thickly studded with soft, greenish 

 yellow spines about 7 mm. (1/4 in.) long; rind thick and 

 fleshy; flesh white, sweet, rich, juicy, aromatic, 

 and of good flavor, separates into segments (about the 

 size of a grape) clinging to the core; each segment 

 containing a seed; seeds many, whitish, 8 by 15 mm. 

 (3/10 by 3/5 in.), 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 even in its present form is a remarkably 

 good and attractive fruit. The tree was noted by the 

 writer in Zamboanga and Davao. 



