Spanish Cherry
(Mimusops elengi) Tanjong Tree.Bullet Wood
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| Pokok Tanjung, Spanish Cherry tree |
This tree was planted by a housing developer just 2 meters from my house's perimeter wall. The fruit ripens in July after flowering in April.
Also known as "bullet wood," this is a strong and tough wood. I have pruned it a few times, and even the small branches are hard to cut with a parang. After the fruiting is over, I will give it another prune.
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| Tanjong Tree, Bunga Tanjung or Spanish Cherry (Mimusops elengi) |
The fruit is about 2-3 cm in size, yellow-red when ripe.
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| Yellow-vented foraged in Spanish Cherry tree |
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| Yellow-vented bulbul (pycnonotus goiavier) |
I also sported Asian Glossy Starling
(Aplonis panayensis strigata) and Javan Myna
(Acridotheres javanicus) eating the fruits, but unable to photograph it.
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| The fruits are too big to swallow whole, so the bulbul just nibbles the exocarp. |
I have documented this bubul eating fucus fruits, Fucus Benjamina
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| The bird eats the sweet mesocarp the fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. |
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| I collect the dry flower, the half-eaten fruit, and the seeds discarded by the bird. |
