The fruit resembles a miniature mango which varies in shape from oval-round. The matured fruit is 4 to 7 cm long having a smooth, brittle and thin skin. When the fruit gets ripened, the skin turns to the apricot color or yellow. This fruit is generally added to the salads and used for the preparations of sauces.
| Name | Gandaria |
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| Scientific Name | Bouea macrophylla |
| Native | North Sumatra, West Java and Peninsular Malaysia. It is widely cultivated in Sumatra, Ambon, Java, Mauritius, Borneo, Philippines and Thailand. It was exported to Europe by Thailand. |
| Common/English Name | Gandaria, Plum Mango, Marian Plum |
| Name in Other Languages | Dutch: Gandaria, German: Pflaumenmango, Indonesia:- North Sulawesi, Alfoersch: Wetes, Sulawesi, Buginese: Buwa Melawe, Kalimantan, Dyak: Barania, Flores: Lluber, Gajo: Remie, Java: Gandaria, Sumatra, Lampung: Ramen, Madurese: Pao Gandaria, Sulawesi, Makassar: Kalawasa, Sumatra, Malay: Kundangan, Manado, Malay: Gandaria, Sumatra, Minangkabau: Gandoriah, Sundanese: Jantake, Malaysia: Kedungan Hutan, Philippines: Gandaria, Spanish: Gandaria, Thailand: Mayong |
| Plant Growth Habit | Robust, evergreen, perennial |
| Soil | Well-drained, light, fertile |
| Plant Size | Height: 27 m with trunk diameter: 55 cm |
| Bark | Light brown-grey, fissured |
| Branches | Smooth, hanging, angular or flattened |
| Leaf | Elliptic, ovate to oblong to lanceolate, glabrous; Length: 45 cm long, Width: 13 cm |
| Flowering Season | Thailand: November-December Indonesia: June-November |
| Flower | Oblong-obovate petals, yellowish or light yellowish to green, 1.5-2.5 mm × 1 mm |
| Fruit shape & size | Subglobose, oval-round, Length: 4-7cm |
| Fruit color | Green, yellow or orange |
| Flesh color | Orangey yellow |
| Fruit skin | Thin, smooth, brittle |
| Fruit Taste | Sour-sweet |
| Seed | Single seed with blue or violet cotyledon |
| Endosperm | White, pinkish purple |
| Fruit Season | Thailand: April-May Indonesia: March-June |
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