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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.