Maranga Berry

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation VI
Pocket
Generation VI	Berries
Generation VII	Berries
Generation VIII	Berries
Generation IX	Berries
	Flavor
Generation VIII
Natural Gift
Type	Dark
Power	100
Fling
Power	10
Effect	Raises Special Defense by one stage

A Maranga Berry (Japanese: タラプのみ Tarapu Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation VI.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
XY ORAS SM USUM	N/A	$10
SwSh	N/A	$40
SV	N/A	$20

Effect

Held item

A Maranga Berry raises the holder's Special Defense by one stage when hit by a special move. This consumes the Maranga Berry. If the holder has Ripen, then its Special Defense rises by two stages.

Ingredient

Juice Shoppe
XY	Maranga Berries are blue Berries in Group 3. If blended with a Kee Berry, it will become Perilous Soup, resetting the drinker's EVs to 0.

Composting
XY	Maranga Berries are blue Berries.

Dye Houses
SM USUM	15 Maranga Berries, Kelpsy Berries, and Oran Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into pastel blue.

Curry
SwSh	Maranga Berries have a rarity of 10.

Cram-o-matic
SwSh	Maranga Berries are Dark-type items and give 6 points towards the output value.

Description

Games	Description
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will increase the holder's Sp. Def if it's hit with a special move.
SV	If a Pokémon holding this Berry is hit with a special move, the holder’s Sp. Def stat will be boosted.

Curry information

Games	Description
SwSh	A slightly rare Berry. Its outside is very bitter, but its inside tastes like a sweet drink.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
XY		Mutation of Salac and Petaya Berries
ORAS		Super-Secret Base (Gather Berries skill)
PMC*		Poké Doll Grabber (Lv. 3)
SM USUM		Berry piles (Poni Plains)
SwSh		Berry trees (Axew's Eye)
SwShIA		Berry trees (Challenge Beach)
SwShCT		Berry trees (Giant's Foot)
SVTM		Ogre Oustin'

Growth

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
16 hours

Growing
32 hours

Bigger
48 hours

Budding
64 hours

Bloom
80 hours

Berries
96 hours

A Maranga plant will yield 1-10 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 0.2 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 0.1, and removing a pest adds 1. Maranga plants attract Volbeat as pests.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
12 hours

Taller
24 hours

Flowering
36 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Maranga plant will yield 2-13 Berries.

Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
54 hours

Taller
60 hours

Flowering
68 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Maranga plant will yield 2 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 5 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 8 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Gallery

Artwork


Ingredient artwork from Sword and Shield	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Trivia

Excluding Berries with adjectives in their name, it has the longest name of a Berry in English, with seven letters.

Origin

The Maranga Berry's design and name may be based on a marang.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タラプのみ Tarapu no Mi	From tarap, another name for marang
English	Maranga Berry	From marang
French	Baie Rangma	From marang
German	Tarabeere	From Tarap
Italian	Baccapane	From albero del pane, breadfruit
Spanish	Baya Maranga	From marang
Korean	타라프열매 Tarapeu Yeolmae	From tarap
Chinese (Mandarin)	香羅果 / 香罗果 Xiāngluó Guǒ	From 香波羅 / 香波罗 xiāngbōluó, marang
Chinese (Cantonese)	香羅果 Hēunglòh Gwó	From 香波羅 hēungbōlòh, marang

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation VI – VII – VIII – IX

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This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Berry in the Pokémon series.