Cultural Mapping of Natural HeritageMango Tree (Mangga Austraslian)

Name: Mango TreeOther Name: Mangga AustralianLocation: Poruk 6 Malaubang, Ozamis CityKey Map:

Physical Features: The Mango tree is located near a small street and some houses in Purok 6 Malaubang, Ozamis City. It has a huge trunk and its branches spread and had given them shade. It is a unique tree because the trunk

splits into three part and each trunk spread throughout some plants.Significance: By just looking at the tree everyone should have strength and courage to stand against the tests. Like the Mango tree it stood strongly against phenomenon in Ozamis.

Flora: Banana plant

The banana is an edible fruit, botanically a berry, produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains. The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant.  Musa acuminata  M. balbisiana, depending on their genomic constitution. The old scientific name Musa sapientum is no longer used.Musa species are native to tropical Indomalaya and Australia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. They are grown in at least 107 countries, primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to make fiber, banana wine and banana beer and as ornamental plants.

Fauna: Chicken

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a population of more than 19 billion in 2011,[1] there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird or domestic animal. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.

Statutory: Local Government Unit following act No. 3571Related Literature: It is now grown in most tropical countries and some subtropical ones. Many cultivars in India have been vegetatively propagated for hundreds of years. Early on, hundreds of years ago, mango was brought to Malaysia and other East Asian countries, then to East and West Africa, and finally to the New World. The Portugese introduced the mango to Brazil from their colonies in Mozambique and Angola and mangos were introduced to Mexico and Panama via the Philippines. Mangos were introduced to the West Indies in the mid-to late 1700s, probably via Brazil. In the tropics, mangos grow at elevations up to 1200 m. The trees may reach 40 m or more in height and live for several hundred years. They bear rosettes of evergreen leaves (red or yellow at first) and dense panicles up to 30 cm long of small (5 to 10 mm) reddish or yellowish flowers. The fruits, which range from 2.5 cm to more than 30 cm in length, depending on the cultivar, vary in shape (from round to oval, egg-shaped, or kidney-shaped) and color (green, yellow, red, purple) with a dotted skin. (Vaughan and Geissler 1997; Bompard 2009 and references therein; Mukherjee and Litz 2009 and references therein) A single mature mango tree can produce 2000 to 2500 ripe fruits (Jiron and Headström 1985).Oral Tradition: I have asked local people about the Mango tree if they have seen supernatural being. They have also said that they haven’t heard some unfamiliar sound. But if there is a supernatural being they might be peaceful.

Bibliography:-https://www.google.com.ph/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=OOCcVoSBDeeR9QX6q6_ICg-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken

Relevance to the community or owner:This mango tree has given them a lot of gifts. First is the shade which help the local people to stay and relax it also keeps the children away from the scorching sun. The second one is the space which they play and bond with their neighbors and a place to play. The last one is the delicious fruit which is very tasty and sweet to eat.

DocumentationResearcher: Jeremiah A. CuizonAffiliation: Grade 9 SPA SinalimbaDate: January 19,2016