Maongchid or Maprang
Maongchid or Maprang
Maongchid or Maprang
Common name: Marian plum, Plum mango
Scientific name: Bouea macrophylla Griff.
Family name mango: ANACARDIACEAE
Other names: Bug Prang (Isan), Mapang (North), Prang (South), etc.
Botanical characteristics:
Maongchid is a fruit in the same family as Maprang. Or another type of Maprang The characteristics of the Malachite fruit are similar to the Malachite fruit, both small, medium and large according to the characteristics of different species. As for the taste, if it is raw, it will turn sour. If the fruit is ripe, it will taste slightly sweet and sour. Or some varieties may have a less sweet taste It is very acidic.
It is native to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia. Has a strong taproot With rather dense branches The trunk is about 15-30 meters high, the leaves of Maprang are similar to mango leaves but smaller. And the leaves are slender leaves with green, smooth edges, sticky plates with prominent veins. The young leaves are reddish purple, approximately 14 cm long and 3.5 cm wide, the flower Maprang. Will flower in a bouquet Out at the end of the branches Flowers when they are blooming are yellow. Is a perfect sex flower And the inflorescence is about 8-15 cm long.
Blade : Leaves: similar to mango leaves, but smaller. And the leaves are slender leaves with green, smooth edges, sticky plates with prominent veins. Young leaves are purple-red, about 14 cm long and 3.5 cm wide.
Flower : Will flower in a bouquet Out at the end of the branches Flowers when they are blooming are yellow. Is a perfect sex flower And the inflorescence is about 8-15 cm long.
Fruit : Like oval and round The tip is tapered by 1 bunch, the fruit is about 1-15. The raw fruit is light green to dark. The ripe fruit are yellow to orange-yellow, the rind is soft, the flesh is yellow, red, orange, red depending on the species. Have a sweet or sweet and sour taste Or very sour In the fruit there is 1 seed, similar to the mango seed. In the Maprang family It can be divided into Sweet Maprang, Sour Maprang, Maeng Maeng and Ka Wang.
Sweet Maprang Raw and ripe fruit taste completely sweet. The effect is small and large. The sweetness will vary. Can only be more or less sweet But when eaten, it may cause throat irritation or itchy throat if it is completely sweet.
Sour Maprang Will have a sour taste, both raw and ripe The size is both small and large. Sour Maprang is suitable for processing rather than eating fresh, such as Maprang, Pickled Maprang, Compote, Maprang Juice, etc.
Maongchid Is a kamprang that has a sweet and sour taste or has a sweet and sour taste in the same fruit. Size has both small and large fruits. The diameter is about 4 centimeters and about 5-7 centimeters long. The taste is sweeter than sour. Raw fruit will taste. The ripe fruit will turn out sweet. The meat is rather hard with a thick crust (but if the taste is more sour than sweet We will call it "Maong Hang")
Maeng distant The appearance is very similar to the Malai. But the difference is taste Maong Klang has a very sour and slightly sweet taste. But Maeng Klang is not very popular for commercial cultivation.
Kawang The appearance of the appearance is similar to Malong and Mayang. But the difference is that it has a similar sour taste to Madan. Where the origin of the name of Kawang has a story that A hungry raven flew to see this beautiful yellow fruit. But when trying to peck at the taste buds, they must hurry up and fly away. Therefore is the origin of the name "Kawang"
Benefits:
1. Contains high vitamin C and beta-carotene.
2. Helps fight free radicals and strengthen the body's immune system.
3. Help prevent and reduce the risk of various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, pressure, etc.
4. Maprang has high vitamins, thus helping to maintain and maintain eyesight as well.
5. Maprang contains calcium and phosphorus, thus helping to nourish bones and teeth .
6. Help prevent scurvy.
7. Helps to purify the blood
8. Helps solve phlegm.
9. Helps solve sticky saliva.
10. As a remedy for fever to neutralize it.
11. The leaves are used to make a paste to relieve headaches.
12. The water from the tree is used as a gargle.
13. The fruit is eaten as a fruit. Or use it to make fruit juice, make jam, use to stir the raw fruit, dip sweet fish sauce, sweet shrimp paste or use for pickling and compote.
14. Is a fruit that is suitable for people of the soil element Or people born in Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, and those born with this element are at risk of obesity, pressure, diabetes, respiratory disease.
