The mango, called mangga and mampalam (Mangifera indica, L.) is well known to be a rich, high-flavoured fruit of the plumb kind, and is found here in great perfection; but there are many inferior varieties beside the ambachang, or Mangifera foetida, and the tais.

JAMBU.

Of the jambu (eugenia, L.) there are several species, among which the jambu merah or kling (Eugenia malaccensis) is the most esteemed for the table, and is also the largest.  In shape it has some resemblance to the pear, but is not so taper near the stalk.  The outer skin, which is very fine, is tinged with a deep and beautiful red, the inside being perfectly white.  Nearly the whole substance is edible, and when properly ripe it is a delicious fruit; but otherwise, it is spongy and indigestible.  In smell and even in taste it partakes much of the flavour of the rose; but this quality belongs more especially to another species, called jambu ayer mawar, or the rose-water jambu.  Nothing can be more beautiful than the blossoms, the long and numerous stamina of which are of a bright pink colour.  The tree grows in a handsome, regular, conical shape, and has large, deep-green, pointed leaves.  The jambu ayer (Eugenia aquea) is a delicate and beautiful fruit in appearance, the colour being a mixture of white and pink; but in its flavour, which is a faint, agreeable acid, it does not equal the jambu merah.

PLANTAIN.

Of the pisang, or plantain (Musa paradisiaca, L.) the natives reckon above twenty varieties, including the banana of the West Indies.  Among these the pisang amas, or small yellow plantain, is esteemed the most delicate; and next to that the pisang raja, pisang dingen, and pisang kalle.

Pineapple.

The nanas, or pineapple (Bromelia ananas), though certainly not indigenous, grows here in great plenty with the most ordinary culture.  Some think them inferior to those produced from hothouses in England; but this opinion may be influenced by the smallness of their price, which does not exceed two or three pence.  With equal attention it is probable they might be rendered much superior, and their variety is considerable.  The natives eat them with salt.

ORANGES.

Oranges (limau manis) of many sorts, are in the highest perfection.  That called limau japan, or Japan orange, is a fine fruit, not commonly known in Europe.  In this the cloves adhere but slightly to each other, and scarcely at all to the rind, which contains an unusual quantity of the essential oil.  The limau gadang, or pumple-nose (Citrus aurantium), called in the West Indies the shaddock (from the name of the captain who carried them thither), is here very fine, and distinguished into the white and red sorts.  Limes or limau kapas, and lemons, limau kapas panjang, are in abundance.  The natives enumerate also the limau langga, limau kambing, limau pipit, limau sindi masam, and limau sindi manis.  The true citron, or limau karbau, is not common nor in esteem.