Marian plum in Thai is calledmaprang (ma-praang and another name is ma-yong), and in Latin - bouea macrophylla. Other popular names of this fruit: - Plum mango, - Marian mango, - Mayun (Myanmar), - Ramania ? gandaria (Indonesia), - Kundang, rembunia and setar (Malaysia). Medium-sized evergreen tree, 12–20 m (40–65 ft) tall, with a dense, rounded crown. Alternate, lanceolate to elliptic, leathery leaves 20–40 cm (8– 16 in) long by 5–8 cm (2–3 in) wide. Small greenish or yellow flowers in pendent panicles. Oval orange-yellow fruits 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) long, resembling a small mango. The juicy, orange-colored flesh, which adheres to the seed, has a sweet or sweet-sour taste with a scent of turpentine. Fruits contain one seed. The tree grows naturally in a region ranging from Myanmar and southern Thailand to Malaysia, Sumatra, and western Java. Cultivated throughout tropical Asia as a dooryard fruit tree and shade tree, also occasionally grown in Africa and tropical America. The tree grows best below 500 m (1,600 ft) in a tropical monsoon climate with a distinct short dry season and long wet season.
flowers color : Small greenish or yellow flowers
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