London: Now Londoners can enjoy a new fruit called Plango. It lets the mango lovers enjoy the flavour without the dribbles. It is a cross between a plum and a mango. It has taken years for scientists to develop this the Thai planago.
Grown on the Bouea Macrophylla tree, the exotic fruit has bright orange skin said to be slightly firmer than a plum with a sweet taste similar to the popular Asian Alphonso mango. Plango follows the introduction of the papple – an apple that tastes like a pear. M&S fruit expert Shazad Rehman said: “It has a soft texture and all the delicious flavour of a mango without any of the hassle to prepare as you can eat the skin.”
The fruit is much smaller than a traditional mango and grows to two inches in diameter and four inches in length. The fruit, native to China, was discovered growing by Frank Meyer, an employee of the US Department of Agriculture who was exploring the country at the turn of the last century.
