Tanga Berry

Tanga Berry タンガのみ Tanga Fruit No. 46

Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 1.7" 4.3 cm Very soft Tag Description Generation III — Generation IV The flower grows at the tip of this Berry. It attracts Bug Pokémon by letting its stringy petals stream out. Bag Description Generation III — Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Bug-type attack. Generation V Weakens a supereffective Bug-type attack against the holding Pokémon. Effect Halves the effectiveness of a supereffective Bug-type move. Origin Name Pitanga Design Pitanga Natural Gift Type Bug Power 60 Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Growth Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 18 hours Taller 36 hours Flowering 54 hours Berries 72 hours Flavor Generation IV             20 SPICY       0 DRY       0 SWEET       0 BITTER       10 SOUR

The Tanga Berry (Japanese: タンガのみ Tanga Berry) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation IV.

Locations

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Sometimes given by the Aroma Lady in the westernmost house off Pastoria City.

HeartGold and SoulSilver Bought by the player's Mom.

Wild hold item (Generation IV) Rarely (5% chance) found on wild Spoink.

Pokéwalker Very rarely found in Stormy Beach after 3000+ steps.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Mystery Dungeon series

Black and White

Black 2 and White 2 Join Avenue (Flower Shop)

Wild hold item (Generation V)

Dream World On the player's first visit to the Dream World, they will receive five of one of the damage-reducing Berries from Fennel.

The Tanga Berry can be found at the following events Generation IV
Rate	Event	Held by
100%	Ranch	Wailmer

The Tanga Berry can be found at the following events Generation V
Rate	Event	Held by
100%	Nagashima Spa Land	Lileep

Growth and harvest

Generation IV

A Tanga Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 72 hours, with 18 hours per stage. A Tanga tree will yield 1-5 Berries.

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, a Tanga Berry can produce a Level 25 (maybe higher) Spicy Poffin when cooking alone.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タンガのみ Tanga no Mi	From ピタンガ Pitanga.
English	Tanga Berry	From pitanga.
French	Baie Panga	From pitanga.
German	Tanigabeere	From Pitanga.
Italian	Baccaitan	From pitanga.
Spanish	Baya Yecana	From cereza de Cayena.
Korean	리체열매 Riche Yeolmae	From 수리남체리, Eugenia uniflora.
Chinese	藤櫻果 Téngyīngguǒ	From 藤 téng (vine) and 扁櫻桃 piānyīng​táo (pitanga).

← Payapa Berry

Berries

Charti Berry →

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