Form 1C series January 2019

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS

SUBCOMMISSION ON CULTURAL HERITAGE
CULTURAL MAPPING PROGRAM

Mapping of Significant Natural Resources

Category: Plants (Flora)

LOCAL/INDIGENOUS NAME: Marang

PHOTO: (Take a photo of the plant's habit, leaf, flower, fruit, trunk, crown)

PHOTO: Rollyn Macorol Layaguin

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

A. OTHER COMMON NAME: None

B. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Artocarpus odoratissimus

C. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO GROWTH HABIT:

[ ] SUCCULENT PLANT (HERB) [ ] SHRUB [ ] VINE [ /] TREE [ ] AQUATIC

D. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO ORIGIN: [ ] Endemic [ ] Native [ /] Exotic

The Marang was probably introduced from Borneo since it is frequently found in the country’s wild
areas. It is abundant in Mindanao but is also cultivated in some areas of Mindoro, Basilan and Sulu
archipelago

E. HABITAT: The Marang is mostly cultivated in the mountains with heavy clay and well-drained
soil. They are also visible in forested areas of San Luis Agusan del Sur.

F. SITE COLLECTED/SIGHTED: DOP San Andres IP School, KM 3 Barangay Nuevo Trabajo San Luis
Agusan del Sur.

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Significant Natural Resources (Plants)
Municipality of San Luis
Province of Agusan del Sur
Region XIII CARAGA
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G. INDICATE VISIBILITY:

[/] Visible in all barangays

[ ] Visible in some barangays
[ ] Not visible in the municipality but can be found in other areas
indicate the location (if known):_______________________________

H. INDICATE SEASONABILITY: [ ] ANNUAL [ ] BIENNIAL [/] PERENNIAL

The Marang tree is planted and grow all year round for 5 years. The fruit is only available only in the
last quarter of the year and can be harvested 2 – 3 months from its flowering.

II. DESCRIPTION
A. MORPHOLOGY

1. FLOWER:

The flowers of Marang are distinguished as male and female. The male flowers are minute
with stiff spikes while the female flowers are in conical heads

2. LEAVES:

The leaves of the Marang tree are arranged alternately. They are ovate in shape with 7 to 9
lanceolate lobes. The leaves have glossy, dark green above and green below, stiff and
petiole. Inflorescences occur in the leaf axils

3. FRUITING:
Fruit is subglobose, up to 20 centimeters in diameter, green yellow, densely covered with
stiff, hairy processes about 1 centimeter long, borne at the end of long flexible branches,
with a mass of seeds embedded in pulp. Fruit flesh is white, edible, juicy, and fragrant but
strong-smelling edible pulp

4. FRAGRANCE:

The Marang fruit has a strong scent and is considered superior in flavour to jackfruit. The
scent reminds some of the durian but is not so intense and it is smelled in the thick skin, not
the fruit pulp. The pungent scent (almost chemical like scent) is in the outer rind.

5. SPECIAL NOTES:

None

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Significant Natural Resources (Plants)
Municipality of San Luis
Province of Agusan del Sur
Region XIII CARAGA
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B. COMMON USES and SCOPE OF USE:

(check which are applicable, for scope of use indicate if local, domestic, international, others)

[/] EDIBLES (indicate if vegetable, fruit, nut, beverage crop, herbs & spices)
Remarks:
 The fruit is eaten for its sweet, juicy, aromatic pulps surrounding the seeds
with its flavour similar to jackfruit.
 The seeds can be either roasted and grounded to make coffee or boiled
which yields a delicious nutty flavour.
 The young fruit is edible and can be cooked in a coconut milk and eaten as
curried vegetable.

[ ] ORNAMENTALS (indicate if florist, landscape, lawn & turf plants)

Remarks: None

[ ] MEDICINAL (used as drugs, medicines)

Remarks: None

[/] INDUSTRIAL CROPS (indicate if used as oils, extractives and resins, insecticides, animal feeds)
Remarks: None

[ ] OTHER USES:
Remarks:_________________________________

III. STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANT

Used as lumber years ago along with the other fruit bearing trees like mango, cotton fruit (santol)
and durian and they were called halo-halo

IV. SIGNIFICANCE

Indicate type of significance, e.g. historical, aesthetic, scientific, social, socio-political, socioeconomic, spiritual and then
explain

V. CONSERVATION

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Province of Agusan del Sur
Region XIII CARAGA
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A. STATUS: (Indicate if the plant is critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, other threatened species)

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species marked
the Marang as near threatened

B. CONSTRAINTS/THREATS/ISSUES:

C. CONSERVATION MEASURES: (Describe the conservation measures taken at the level of the community, provincial
and/or national)

IUCN near threatened status

VI. REFERENCES

KEY INFORMANT/S: Cora G. Sacabin | 53 years old | School Head, DOP San Andres IP School (IPA)
Cresaldo M. Lozada | 61 years old | Manobo Teacher, DOP San Andres IP School (IPA)
Jimmy Ofong | 29 years old | Marang Seller, KM 3 Barangay Nuevo Trabajo San Luis Agusan del Sur
Germalyn Calderon | 28 years old | Resident of KM 3 Barangay Nuevo Trabajo San Luis Agusan del Sur
REFERENCE/S: http://www.stuartxchange.org/Marang
Lim, Linda B. L.; Priyantha, Namal; Ing, Chieng Hei; Dahri, Muhd Khairud; Tennakoon, D. T. B.; Zehra,
Tasneem; Suklueng, Montri (2015-01-23). "Artocarpus odoratissimus skin as a potential low-cost
biosorbent for the removal of methylene blue and methyl violet 2B". Desalination and Water
Treatment. 53 (4): 964–975. doi:10.1080/19443994.2013.852136. ISSN 1944-3994

NAME OF Nelmar Chavez Gomez, Rollyn Macorol Layaguin, Judie Ann Castro, Queenie Tesado
MAPPER/S:
DATE PROFILED: September 14, 2021

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Significant Natural Resources (Plants)
Municipality of San Luis
Province of Agusan del Sur
Region XIII CARAGA