page_title: Bouea macrophylla
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Bouea macrophylla / Description
caption_attribution_description: Bouea macrophylla, leaves. From Darmaga, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The evergreen tree grows to heights of 25 meters.  Its leaves are lanceolate to elliptic in shape (see: Leaf shape), and range from 13 to 45 cm (5 to 17 inches) long and from 5 to 7 cm (2 to 3 inches) wide.
  The fruit (resembling a mango) are green in colour and mature to an orange/yellow, with the seed being pink.  They grow to roughly 2 to 5 cm (0.7 to 1.9 inches) in diameter. The entire fruit, including its skin is edible. The fruit range from sweet to sour in flavor similar to the Alphonso mango, and have a light smell of turpentine. When ripe, the fruit is soft and has fibrous mango-like seeds.
  Flowering and fruiting times differ for Thailand and Indonesia.
  Thailand : flowers in November to December, and fruit appears from April to May.
  Indonesia : flowers in June to November, and fruit appears from March to June.
caption: Gandaria leaf in Java
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