Bouea macrophylla Griff.
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Fruits of Bouea macrophylla Griff. Anacardiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Asam suku, Kondongan, Kundang, Kundang hutan, Kundang daun besar, Medang asam, Pako kundangan, Rembunia, Remenya, Rumenia, Rumia, Serapoh, Serapok, Setar; Sumatra: Ramania (Langkat); Java: Gandaria, Djantake, Gunarjah, Kendarah, Djatake, Pao gandaria; Thai: Ma-bpraang, Ma-yong], Marian plum, Gandaria, Plum mango. Native to Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Sumatra; Malaysia. Cultivated - Mauritius, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines. Lowland and hill forest. Tree up to 27 m high and 55 cm diameter. Bark light greyish brown, or dark colored, finely fissured. Terminal (vegetative) buds broadly ovoid or ovoid, 4-6 by 3.5-5 mm, scales of outer pair usually shorter than the total length of bud. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, or elliptic to narrowly elliptic. Drupe subglobose, 3.5-5 by 3-4 cm, yellow or orange when ripe; cotyledons blue-violet. Sour fruits eaten pickled or raw.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2680740
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7510
www.asianplant.net/Anacardiaceae/Bouea_macrophylla.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouea_macrophylla
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
Bouea macrophylla Griff.
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Fruits of Bouea macrophylla Griff. Anacardiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Asam suku, Kondongan, Kundang, Kundang hutan, Kundang daun besar, Medang asam, Pako kundangan, Rembunia, Remenya, Rumenia, Rumia, Serapoh, Serapok, Setar; Sumatra: Ramania (Langkat); Java: Gandaria, Djantake, Gunarjah, Kendarah, Djatake, Pao gandaria; Thai: Ma-bpraang, Ma-yong], Marian plum, Gandaria, Plum mango. Native to Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Sumatra; Malaysia. Cultivated - Mauritius, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines. Lowland and hill forest. Tree up to 27 m high and 55 cm diameter. Bark light greyish brown, or dark colored, finely fissured. Terminal (vegetative) buds broadly ovoid or ovoid, 4-6 by 3.5-5 mm, scales of outer pair usually shorter than the total length of bud. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, or elliptic to narrowly elliptic. Drupe subglobose, 3.5-5 by 3-4 cm, yellow or orange when ripe; cotyledons blue-violet. Sour fruits eaten pickled or raw.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2680740
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7510
www.asianplant.net/Anacardiaceae/Bouea_macrophylla.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouea_macrophylla
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935