During my leisurely walk around Potipot Island in Candelaria, Zambales last August 2009, I came across this umbrella structured tree that had an unusual looking fruit.
Five Big Fruits, each one of them are as big as my fist
Curious, I went around looking for the caretaker of the island and asked what was the tree called. It was called Bangar. Then the topic suddenly changed giving me no chance to ask more information about the tree.
Opened fruit of Bangar
Later I found out, that the fruit would then open up, show its seeds and emanate a foul odor. (Reminds me of the Durian Fruit) Unlucky for me, I didn’t get to smell its foul odor, I want to compare it with the odor of a Durian Fruit.
Other than being stinky the Bangar Tree is quite useful. Its trunk can be made into planks for the interior of houses and its fruits can be soaked in oil and be used as red-dye for hand woven products.
Bangar Tree
A municipality in La Union is actually named after the tree and is branded as the Home for the world famous blankets. Another location to go to on my bucket list. 🙂
Thanks to http://124.105.93.137/municipality_of_bangar.htm for the last two photos. You can check out their site if you want to know more about the Municpality of Bangar in La Union.
Bangar also has a beautiful church
Nice! Thanks Estan for the info. Masgusto ko na tuloy pumunta sa Bangar. 🙂
weird looking fruit ah! 😀
Sang-ayon ako! ang tagal ko nakatitig sa kanya bago ko siya napicturan. 😛
i thought nakakain yung bunga…
Hindi ko alam kung pwede siya kainin. Sa sunod tanungin ko kung pwede at tikman din. Baka hindi lang sa amoy lumalaban ito sa Durian, baka pati sa lasa. 🙂
ang cute nung fruit.. ano kaya scientific name nito?? parang pang plants vs zobies. 😮
Haha… naiisip ko tuloy yung prutas naglalabas ng stink pellets. 😀
Good question. Isa yan sa mga ireresearch ko. 🙂
Interesting fruit! Astig nung shape. Para ring plastic lang…
dun talaga ako sa shape na-attract. Symmetrical. 🙂
Hi Josiah,
I find this tree very interesting.
The Dept. of Agri. and DOST should be
informed so that they can study and propagate.
Even if the fruit is not edible, the
natural color can be useful for many
industries instead of using chemicals. Who knows? Perhaps this
can be mixed with Duhat fruit to
produce Hair Dye, a worldwide demand.
Like Nimm Tree (wonder tree of India), the source of many consumer
products, this should be planted at
all regions. Thanks for sharing.