Plant the Fruit of Borneo

Kasturi (Mangifera Casturi)

 

Kasturi is the scientific (Latin) called Mangifera casturi, is one of about 31 types of mango that can be found in Kalimantan, Indonesia. In fact, the mango is in a language other than English is called kasturi also called Kalimantan Mango is a plant endemic to Borneo.

Mangifera casturi have a tree that can reach 25 meters high with a trunk diameter of 40-110 cm. Kasturi bark greyish white to light brown. Lancet-shaped leaves with a tapered tip. When I was young kasturi dark purple leaves. Kasturi fruits like mangoes, but other smaller, weighing less than 80 grams.

There are three varieties namely kasturi kasturi, cuban, and tamarind pelipisan. Kasturi has rounded fruits such as mango small eggs, thin rind is green when young and black spotty becomes blackish when old. Dark orange-colored flesh of the fruit. This variety has a more fragrant flavor than other varieties.

The second variety, cuban (kastuba) has a rounded egg fruit, with a reddish rind, do not become black when old, his skin is very easily separated from the fruit. Fruit flesh is yellow orange.

Varieties being the third, tamarind fruit pilipisan or palipisan have menjorong, flat pale green with black spots, when parents stay green. Flesh orange-yellow-green, fibrous much.

Mango species of flora designated as the identity of South Kalimantan province and is an endemic plant that only grows in South Kalimantan alone. Kasturi can grow well in lowland alluvial soil and water sufficient lateral as in the area mostly south Borneo region is the river and swamp areas.