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Antidesma bunius. (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 and 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. 
