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View from El Nido Town: Smelly Red Fruits of the Bubog Tree

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(DSC04176) Wild Almond tree, Skunk Tree, or "Bubog" (Sterculia foetida); [Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Members of the genus are colloquially known as tropical chestnuts. The scientific name is taken from Sterculius of Roman mythology, who was the god of manure; this is in reference to the unpleasant aroma of the flowers of this genus, Sterculia foetida. - Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculia] ... Also known as Peon, Indian Almond, Hazel Sterculia, Java Olive, Skunk Tree: Large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food. Roasted seeds are edible. (Taken from http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropical s/articles/trees/sterculia.htm)

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