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Pleas id this kasturi like mango. Tastes like oranges.
« on: February 16, 2019, 10:21:58 PM »
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Found this mango in an ancient orchard with giat trees in Kuching, Borneo. Tastes exactly like oranges. Video on youtube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a_TgdZSA2Nw Any ideas about the species? Thank you

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Re: Pleas id this kasturi like mango. Tastes like oranges.
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2019, 10:40:41 PM »
Could be Mangifera quadrifida.
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Re: Pleas id this kasturi like mango. Tastes like oranges.
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2019, 11:08:13 PM »
Thank you. Any other suggestions? Borneo mangos are quite difficult ;D

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Re: Pleas id this kasturi like mango. Tastes like oranges.
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2019, 06:43:18 AM »
I also think it`s Mangifera quadrifida. On this website: http://www.kujie2.com/wordless-wednesday/buah-asam-kumbang.html, M. quadrifida is called Buah Asam (Kumbang). Here some information about M. quadrifida http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mangifera+quadrifida, it should have a prune-like smell. Or it could be some rare Mangifera species, of wich there are no pictures or information on the internet. I hope I could help at least a bit. 

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Re: Pleas id this kasturi like mango. Tastes like oranges.
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2019, 04:09:59 PM »
With the aroma of oranges it may be a distant relative of Dusheri and PPK, no way to know without testing, but speculation is that they share a common ancestor. PPK is from Myanmar.

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Re: Pleas id this kasturi like mango. Tastes like oranges.
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2019, 08:27:58 PM »
Thank you. In the Kuching area and elsewhere they call all or most Borneo mangos buah asam while the imported M. Indica is called mangga.

 

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