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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. 
Artoearpus odoratissima (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 leaves, 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. 
