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(Pulasan) Ecology:

Like its relatives, pulasan can be propagated by seed and grafting methods. Grafting is a common practice among horticulturalists that often is a proactive method of preventing disease, by using healthy rootstocks. Though starting by seed can be successful, most producers will not use this method of propagation due to variation in gender, which causes chance in having an actual fruiting tree.

Of the Pulasan flower parts, the anther cannot open on its own; this means that the plant cannot pollinate itself. Certain trees will have hermaphrodite flowers, and others will have staminate flowers. Generally this means hermaphrodites will take on female roles as the staminates take male, in the pollination process.

Pulasan skin is unique for its color; it offers a natural dye, one that has recently been the specimen of studies dealing with electrical conductivity and its potential in renewable energy (see OSC's). Unnatural dyes, such as methylene blue, are being studied today particularly due to potential environmental detriment when released into wastewater. In one study, pulasan peel was used among other treatments as a potential sorbent of the methylene blue.