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4. Mangifera cochinchinensis Engl.wfo-0000371230

in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 205. 1883; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t.362B. 1897; Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 15. 1908; Tardieu, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 2: 87. 1962; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 13. 1994.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree, up to 35 m high; branches glabrous, shiny brown. Leaves obovate or elliptic-oblong, 8–15.5 by 2.5–5.5 cm, apex obtuse or rounded, base cuneate; midrib prominent, lateral nerves 12–17 per side, venation densely reticulate, prominent on both surfaces; petioles 2–6.5 cm long, slender, swollen at base. Panicles densely hirsute, ca 20 cm long, axis thick. Flowers with short pedicels, articulate; calyx lobes orbicular, 2–2.5 mm long, pubescent outside; petals 5, oblong, with 3–4 ridges; disc thick, glandular; stamens 5, all fertile, filaments 2 mm long; ovary globose, 1-locular, style short. Drupe suboblong, 3 by 1.5 cm, kernel thin, tegument membraneous.

Thailand : SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Si Racha).

Distribution : Lao, Vietnam (type).

Ecology : In evergreen forests, ca 650 m alt.

Vernacular : Mamuang kilen (มะม่วงกิเลน), mamuang khai laen (มะม่วงไข่แลน), mamuang himmaphan khao (มะม่วงหิมพานต์ขาว)(Peninsular).