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Mangifera indica

Syn. Mangifera amba

IUCN Red List Data Deficient (DD)

Local name

  • Mango (English)
  • Aam (Hindi)
  • Aambo (Gujarati)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Anacardiaceae
20m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Mangifera indica bark

Bark

Stout trunk, bark is dark grey to brown, thick, and often becomes scaly or furrowed with age.

Mangifera indica leaves

Leaves

Simple, alternate, linear-oblong leaves with an entire margin, clustered at the ends of branchlets; young leaves can be purple/tan.

Mangifera indica flower

Flower

Tiny, fragrant, yellowish-green to pinkish, polygamous (male and bisexual); borne in large terminal panicles.

Mangifera indica fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

A large, fleshy drupe (stone fruit), irregular egg-shaped, typically greenish-yellow with sweet, orange flesh. Seed single, large, flattened, fibrous stone (endocarp).

Mangifera indica

Did you know?

In Hindu traditions, fresh mango leaves are woven into toranas and hung over doorways during weddings, festivals and housewarmings as symbols of auspiciousness and prosperity.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Assam to China (S. Yunnan), Worldwide