Kundang (Plum Mango)

Bouea macrophylla

Family: Anacardiaceae

Bouea macrophylla, commonly known as gandaria or plum mango or mango plum in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Southeast Asia. The tree belongs to the family Anacardiaceae which also includes mango and cashew.

The fruit (resembling a mango) is green in colour and mature to an orange/yellow, with the seed being pink. The entire fruit, including its skin is edible. The fruit range from sweet to sour in flavour and have a light smell of turpentine. When ripe, the fruit is soft and has fibrous mango-like seeds that have a noticeable purple color.