Bouea macrophylla

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Popular Names

  • English: marian plum, gandaria, plum mango
  • French: gandaria, maprang
  • German: Gandaria
  • Dutch: gandaria
  • Thai:
    • ma-praang (Pattani), somprang (Peninsula) (PROSEA)
    • ma-yong ; mar phang
  • Indonesian: ramania, gandaria (Java, Sunda) (PROSEA)
  • Malay: kundang, rembunia, setar (Kedah) (PROSEA)
  • Pilipino : gandaria


Classification and nomenclature

  • Synonym: Bouea gandaria Blume ex Miq. (1859)



History

Exported by Thailand to Europe

Main uses

  • fruit, mature: edible, sweet with a light mango taste
  • fruit, immature: edible in fruit salad or condiments
  • leaves, young: locally eaten raw or cooked
  • tree planted a shade tree


Main references

  • PROSEA 2, 1991. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 2. Edible fruits and nuts. ed. by E.W.M. Verheij & R.E. Coronel. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1992). 447 p.
  • Subhadrabandhu Suranant, 2001. Under-Utilized Tropical Fruits of Thailand. Bangkok, FAO.


Links

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External


link to Mansfeld page

link to IPNI page

link to GRIN page


link to Prota4U page