Marian plum (gandaria)

Bouea macrophylla, B. oppositifolia

fruit

A small orange mango the size of a quail's egg, sweet and tangy, eaten whole with its skin; green, it is eaten in a spicy salad.

Origin

Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Ripe, it is rinsed and eaten whole with its thin skin; the purple stone is left. Green, it is sliced into rujak or sambal.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its young purplish leaves are eaten too, raw with sambal, in Indonesia.