Marang, a pungent yet tasty indigenous fruit, took center stage at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato when a resident scientist studied its marketability and shelf life.

The marang fruit (artocarpus odoratissimus) is so abundant in all of the ARMM’s scattered Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces.