Bouea macrophylla
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Immature Bouea macrophylla in a basket | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Anacardiaceae |
Genus: | Bouea |
Species: | B. macrophylla
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Binomial name | |
Bouea macrophylla | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Bouea macrophylla, commonly known as gandaria or plum mango or mango plum in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Southeast Asia. The tree belongs to the family Anacardiaceae which also includes mango and cashew.
Description
The
The unripe fruit (resembling a mango) are green in colour and mature to an orange/yellow, with the seed being pink. They grow to roughly 2 to 5 cm (0.7 to 1.9 inches) in
Flowering and fruiting times differ for Thailand and Indonesia.
- Thailand : flowers in November to December, and fruit appears from April to May.
- Indonesia : flowers in June to November, and fruit appears from March to June.
Distribution
The tree is native to
, where it is commercially grown. It can also be found in the northern parts of Pakistan (such as Murree and Nathia Gali).Uses
Culinary
Both the leaves and fruit from the tree can be eaten. The leaves can be eaten raw when they are still young, and can be used in salads. While the seed is edible, the endosperm is generally bitter. The fruit is very acidic and has a mango-like flavour. It can be eaten raw, or made into dishes such as pickle, compote, or sambal. Unripened fruit can be used to make rojak and asinan.[3] In Ambon, the fruit is made for juice.[4]
Functional
The entire tree can be used as an ornamental fruit bearing shade tree due to its dense foliage.[5]
Other names
Bouea macrophylla is commonly known in English as the "marian plum", "gandaria", "plum mango" and "mango plum". In Malay, the tree is known as kundang in Malay and its fruit buah kundang. The Malays differentiate between two varieties:
- Kundang daun kecil ("small-leaf kundang") also known as remia, remnia or rumenia.
- Kundang daun besar ("large-leaf kundang"), also known as kundang hutan ("jungle kundang) or setar. This usually refers to toponym Alor Setar(with alor meaning "small stream").
In Indonesian, it is known as ramania and gandaria. It is also known in Thai as maprang (มะปราง), mayong (มะยง) and mayong chit (มะยงชิด). In Burmese as mayan-thi (မရန်းသီး); and in Vietnamese as thanh trà.
In 2015 a major retailer introduced the fruit to the British public under the name plango, apparently a
References
- ^ a b "Bouea macrophylla". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "This is a mango plum hybrid and they're about to go on sale in the UK". BT.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ "West Australian Nut and Tree Crops Association". WANATCA Yearbook (ISSN 0312-8997), Vol. 20, p. 42 (1996).
- ^ "Jus Buah Gandaria: Perpaduan Jus Mangga dan Jeruk Dengan Manfaat Luar Biasa". indonesiakaya.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "TopTropicals plant catalog". Archived from the original on 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ Fresh Plaza announcement [1] Archived 2018-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Plango press announcement
Sources
Bouea macrophylla taxonomy
Species with potential for commercial development
Mansfeld database
AgroForestryTree Database