| Maprang | |
| Bouea macrophylla | |
| a.k.a. Marian Plum |
Green, to orange-yellow resembling a mango, but slightly smaller. Flavor is sour to sweetish. Popular in Southeast Asia.
Description: Large tropical tree to 90ft. There are both sour and
sweet clones. Fruit ripening takes 6-9 months from flowering.
Hardiness: Hardy to 30F.
Propagation: Usually by seed, although there is some clonal selection
through grafting. It is possible to graft the maprang onto mango, and
probably other Mangifera rootstock. Seedlings fruit in 6-8
years.
Uses: The fruits are eaten fresh.
Native Range: Native to Malaysia and Western Java. The maprang is commercial grown in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.