1937 
annona diversifolia (Annonaceae ) , 58030. llama. From Chiapas, 
Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapan, Huatusco, Vera 
Cruz. "It is now several years since the Office of Foreign Seed and 
Plant Introduction undertook an investigation of this little-known rela- 
tive of the cherimoya, and decided that it is a species worthy of wide 
cultivation in the Tropics. In these few years several thousand seed- 
lings have been distributed, not alone in America, but also in southern 
Asia and elsewhere. A young tree growing in the Plant Introduction 
Garden at Miami, Fla. , came into bearing in 1923. So far as known, 
this is the first time llamas have been produced in the United States. 
The tree has always been very limited in its distribution. It is native 
to southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Salvador, where it is found usually 
in foothill regions at elevations not greater than 2,000 feet. In some 
parts of Mexico it is called ilaraa; in Chiapas 'papauce,' and in Guatemala 
and Salvador 'anona blanca. 1 
"The climatic requirements of this tree are similar to those of 
the sugar-apple and the custard-apple. It will withstand light frosts, 
and often grows in regions where the rainfall is light. Seedling trees 
come into bearing when four or five years old. If propagated by bud- 
ding (which should be simple), they would probably bear a year or two 
earlier. The species is not as robust as the cherimoya, rarely reach- 
ing more than 20 feet in height, and being of somewhat slender growth. 
The fruit is conical, oval, or round, and weighs from half a pound to 
a pound or more. The surface is rough, with the carpellary areas indi- 
cated by deeply incised lines. The color varies from pale green to ma- 
genta pink, overspread with a whitish bloom, whence the common name 
'anona blanca,' or 'white anona.' In pale-green varieties the flesh 
is pure white; in pink kinds it is tinged with that color. The flavor 
is similar to that of the sugar-apple, but with more acid. The seeds 
are about as numerous as in the cherimoya but slightly larger than 
those of the latter." (Wilson Popenoe.) 
artocarpus odoratissima (Moraceae) , 58025. Marang. From Manila, 
Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Adn. Hernandez, director, 
Bureau of Agriculture. "The marang has been brought recently to the 
attention of horticulturists by P. J. Wester, who considers it a fruit 
of unusual promise. It resembles the jack fruit and the seeded bread- 
fruit in appearance , but is superior in quality to either of these. 
The tree, which grows wild in the southern Philippine Islands and the 
Sulu Archipelago, is medium-sized, with large, dark-green, entire or 3- 
lobed leaves 18 to 24 inches long. Wester describes the fruit as round- 
ish oblong in form, about 6 inches in length, with the surface thickly 
studded with soft greenish yellow spines one-third of an inch long. 
The rind is thick and fleshy, the flesh white, sweet, and juicy, aro- 
matic and of pleasant flavor; it is separated into segments (about the 
