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Marang, Artocarpus odoratissima, of the family Moraceae, is a recently discovered fruit-tree from the southern Philippines and the Sulu Archipelago, which has been introduced to the United States and is thought to possess considerable value for tropical regions, though it will probably succeed only in very warm and humid climates. It belongs to the same genus as the bread-fruit (A. incisa,) and the jak, or jack-fruit (A. integrifolia), but is said by Wester, who first brought it to the attention of horticulturists, to produce a fruit superior in quality to the Philippine forms of either of these. The tree is medium-sized, and similar in habit to the bread-fruit, with large, dark green, entire or trilobate leaves 18 to 24 inches long by 10 to 12 inches broad. Wester describes the fruit as "large, about 6 inches long and 5 inches in equatorial diameter, roundish oblong, regular, thickly studded on the outside with soft greenish yellow spines 1/3 inch in length; 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; the seeds many, whitish, 1/3 by 3/5 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 halves may be separated from the flesh, leaving this like a bunch of white grapes." It is said to ripen during August in the Philippines. For species related to A. odoratissima Blanco see the articles artocarpus pages 401,402, Vol. I.
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