Tanga Berry

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Tanga Berry タンガのみ Tanga Fruit No. 46

Effect Halves the damage taken from a supereffective Bug-type move. Natural Gift Type Bug Power 80 Flavor Generation IV             20 SPICY       0 DRY       0 SWEET       0 BITTER       10 SOUR       Growth Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 18 hours Taller 36 hours Flowering 54 hours Berries 72 hours Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 1.7" 4.3 cm Very soft Bag description Generation III — Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Bug-type attack.DPPt If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Bug-type attack.HGSS Generation V Weakens a supereffective Bug-type attack against the holding Pokémon. Generation VI If held by a Pokémon, this berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Bug-type attack. Generation VII If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Bug-type attack. Generation VIII Held Item: If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Bug-type attack. Curry Ingredient: A Berry with a very spicy flavor. If you're not careful and use a lot of these Berries, you'll have a spicy hot dish. 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. Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Origin Name Pitanga Design Pitanga

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

Locations

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

FireRed and LeafGreen

Wild hold item (Generation III)

Mini Games (Generation III)

Orre

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Sometimes given by the Aroma Lady in the westernmost house of Pastoria City. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

HeartGold and SoulSilver Bought by the player's Mom. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

Wild hold item (Generation IV) Rarely (5% chance) held by 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.

X and Y From the Tanga Berry tree on Route 22 once a week. Can be given by Psychic Inver at the Inverse House. Sometimes found on green Berry trees.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Growing on Route 123 in the Berry Master's garden when the player first arrives there. Can be given by Proprietor Inver at the Inverse Battle Stop. Can be given by a fan after competing in a Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular.

Wild hold item (Generation VI)

PokéMileage Club Can be obtained through the Lv. 2 Poké Doll Grabber attraction.

Sun and Moon Can be found in the Berry pile in northeast Poni Wilds.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Can be found in the Berry pile in northeast Poni Wilds.

Wild hold item (Generation VII)

Sword and Shield

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Legends: Arceus

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%	Pokémon Adventure Camp	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.

Generation VI

A Tanga Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Tanga tree will yield 3-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant will add 1 Berry to the final harvest, weeding it will add 0.5, and removing a pest will add 2.

Generation VII

A Tanga Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours. A Tanga tree will yield 2-6 Berries.

Uses

Poffin Cooking

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

Artwork

Dream World artwork

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, pitanga
Korean	리체열매 Riche Yeolmae	From 수리남체리 Suriname cherry, pitanga
Chinese (Mandarin)	扁櫻果 / 扁樱果 Biǎnyīng Guǒ*	From 扁櫻桃 biǎnyīngtáo, pitanga
	藤櫻果 Téngyīng Guǒ*	From 藤 téng (vine) and 扁櫻桃 biǎnyīng​táo (pitanga)
Chinese (Cantonese)	扁櫻果 Bínyīng Gwó	From 扁櫻桃 bínyīngtòuh, pitanga
Vietnamese	Quả Tanga	Transliteration of Japanese name

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Berries

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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.