Types Of Tree Species In Indonesia #16 Gandaria (Bouea macrophylla)

Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (Vascular Plant)
Super Division: Spermatophyta (Produce seed)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida (double-dikotil)
Sub Class: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Bouea
Species: Bouea macrophylla

Gandaria is a wet tropical plant and can be grown on a mild and fertile soil. Growing wild in lowland forests below 300 m above sea level, but in cultivation has been successfully planted at an altitude of about 850 m above sea level. Gandaria (Bouea macrophylla Griff), including one member of Anacardiaceae.

Characteristic features
Gandaria tree (Bouea macrophylla) has a height up to 27 meters. The tree is designated as the flora of West Java identity has a rounded crown, lush with strands of leaves that dangle. The tree is slow growing.

Benefits of Gandaria
Gandaria used from the fruit, leaves, until the stem. The young gandaria fruit is widely used as rujak or as a mixture on gandaria sauce which is much in demand in West Java (Sunda).The young Gandaria fruit can also be mixed into Kanistren rujak used in the ceremony of Tebus Wetengan at the time of sunda pregnant women 7 months. In addition to made pickles and syrup of gandaria fruit that has been cooked can also be consumed (eaten) directly.