Bouea macrophylla

Bouea macrophylla
Griffith

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Order	Sapindales
Family	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Bouea

2n = 42

Origin : Sumatra, Java,
peninsular Malaysia

cultivated

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Description

• 1, flowering branch; 2, branch with fruits (PROSEA)
  1, flowering branch; 2, branch with fruits (PROSEA)

The fruit is harvested in February-May in Thailand, and March-June in Indonesia.

Popular names

• Thai:
• ma-praang (Pattani), somprang (Peninsula) (PROSEA)
• ma-yong (Subhadrabandhu); mar phang

English	marian plum, gandaria, plum mango
French	gandaria, maprang
German	Gandaria
Dutch	gandaria
Indonesian	ramania, gandaria (Java, Sunda) (PROSEA)
Malay	kundang, rembunia, setar (Kedah) (PROSEA)
Pilipino	gandaria

Classification

Bouea macrophylla Griffith (1854)

synonym:

• Bouea gandaria Blume ex Miq. (1859)

Cultivars

The species was traditionally multiplicated by seed. Improved cultivars are now multiplicated vegetatively by layering or grafting. Three groups are distinguished in Thailand:

• Prew Group, with very acid fruits, corresponding to the wild type. In Borneo, the cultivar 'Hintalu' is grown.
• Mayong Group, with slightly acid fruits, is grown and popular in Thailand. The best known cultivar is 'Chid'.
• Wan Group, with sweet fruits, is the most grown, and is exported. The best known cultivar is 'Ta It', bred more than a century ago. In Borneo, 'Ramania Pipit' and 'Ramania Tembai' are grown.

see Google images

History

File:Bouea macrophylla Malaysia Pierre Guertin.jpg

Malaysian stamp from Pierre Guertin

Exported by Thailand to Europe

Uses

immature fruits

• fruit, mature: edible whole (with the peel), sweet with a light mango taste. The combination of bright orange flesh and mauve seed makes it very attractive.
• 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

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. ma-praang

Links

• GRIN

• IPNI

• Mansfeld

• PROSEA on Pl@ntUse
• PROSEA
• Prota4U