Red petaled mango (Mangifera rubropetala)

Family: Anacardiaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Mangifera rubropetala is an evergreen tree grown in Southeast Asia, reaching about 20 m in height and 80 cm in bole diameter. The fruit is consumed raw; it has yellow or yellow-orange pulp with a sweet flavor. The wood is soft and white.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet and tasty with not very many, short fibres. — The yellow or orange-yellow pulp is sweet and tasty with not very many, short fibres.; Similar to that of the mango (Mangifera indica), the smoth, yellow, thin-skinned fruit is 4 - 6cm long, containing a single, large seed.

Habitat & North American Range

The tree has not been found in a truly wild situation. (Zone 10)