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2015, December 15.  Popular Fruits of the Philippines  (Definitives)

Litho Offset, Perum Peruri (Indonesia)  Perf 12  (Harrow Perforator)

Singles, Sheets of  100

                  

 

     1p  Duhat - Black Plum (Syzygium cumini) - Singles   (5,000,000)

 100p  Marang - Johey Oak (Artocarpus odoratissimus Blanco) - Singles   (550,000)

 

Note:  Printed by Perum Peruri (Indonesia), with thicker type of paper, using Harrow Perforator - wherein all stamps are perforated in one stroke causing top, bottom, left & right margins to be IMPERFORATE.  With 7-digit serial numbers and color guide strips.

 

First Day Covers:  Manila

  

           


Popular Fruits of the Philippines

BLACK PLUM (Syzygium cumini).  Commonly known as Duhat.  Fruit is oval to elliptic, 1.5 to 3.5 centimeters long, dark purple or nearly black, luscious, fleshy and edible with a sweet astringent taste; containing a single large seed.  Found throughout the Philippines, planted, and in many regions spontaneous.  One of the most popular fruits in the Philippines.  Ripe fruit is eaten outright.  Juice can be made into wine, used in the manufacture of red wine "tinto dulce."  Fruit is a good source of calcium and a fair source of iron.  Ripe fruit is astringent and considered an efficient remedy for diabetes.

JOHEY OAK (Artocarpus odoratissimus Blanco).  Commonly known as Marang, closely related to Jackfruit.  Fruit flesh is white, edible, juicy, and fragrant but strong-smelling edible pulp.  Abundant in Mindanao, cultivated for its edible fruit.  Also occurring in Mindoro, Basilan, and the Sulu Archipelago. Fruit is sweet, juicy, with aromatic perianths surrounding the seeds. With flavor similar to jackfruit.  Seeds are roasted or boiled, yielding a delicious nutty flavor.  Young fruit also cooked in coconut milk and eaten as curried vegetable.  The appearance of the fruit can be regarded as an intermediate shape between the jackfruit and the breadfruit.  It is round to oblong, weighing about 1 kg.   The thick rind is covered with soft, broad spines. They become hard and brittle as the fruit matures.  Fruits change colour to greenish yellow when ripe. The interior of the fruit is somewhat similar to the jackfruit's, but the color is white and the flesh is usually softer.

 

 

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