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
- seed: cotyledons edible, but endosperm bitter
- 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.
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