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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: MORACEAE Genus: Artocarpus Species: odoratissimus Species Author: Blanco Vernacular: Marang
Marang, like the breadfruit, is a tree, which can grow up to 25 m tall and have a 40 cm diameter trunk with low buttresses. Marang leaves are oval-shaped, 16-50 × 11-28 cm, and rough like sandpaper. A single male or female flower cluster (inflorescence) occurs in the leaf axils. Male heads are narrowly ellipse shaped and 4-11 × 2-6 cm in size, whereas female heads are wider and have hairy bracts. The fruit averages about 16 cm in length, 13 cm in diameter and weighs about 1 kg. It is shaped like a roundish football but studded with short, brittle, greenish yellow spines. When ripe, it produces a strong, penetrating fruity odor. The rind is thick and fleshy. The flesh is separated into segments clinging to the central core and each segment contains a seed surrounded by a sweet, juicy coating that is the edible part of the fruit. The seeds are many, whitish, 8 × 15 mm in size, and smooth surfaced.
SUBHADRABANDHU, S. 2001. Under-Utilized Tropical Fruits of Thailand. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Marang is found growing naturally in Sarawak in secondary forests up to 1,000 m altitude on sandy clay soils. It is also found cultivated as well as growing wild in the Philippines. It it uncommonly cultivated in Hawaii.
SUBHADRABANDHU, S. 2001. Under-Utilized Tropical Fruits of Thailand. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
The fruit is eaten raw and the large seeds are edible when boiled or roasted. When ripe, the fruit can be quite fragrant as the name implies.
SUBHADRABANDHU, S. 2001. Under-Utilized Tropical Fruits of Thailand. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
We currently have 2 herbarium specimens for Artocarpus odoratissimus in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
