The governor's plum, also called Indian plum, Madagascar plum or ramontchi (Flacourtia indica), is a small, round, glossy maroon-to-purple-black berry of a thorny shrub or small tree grown across Africa, India and Southeast Asia. Sharply tart with a sweet, plum-like finish and a faintly astringent skin, it is eaten out of hand when fully ripe and, more commonly, cooked down into jams, jellies, chutneys and pickles or fermented into wine.