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11. Mangifera indica L.wfo-0000371248

Sp. Pl.: 200. 1753; Burm.f., Fl. Ind.: 62. 1768; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 641. 1824; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 13. 1876; Engl. in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 199. 1883; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 472. 1896; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t.361. 1897; Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 18. f. 4. 1908; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 523. 1922; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1: 344. 1926; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 2: 149. 1965; Ding Hou, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 8: 427. 1978; Kochummen, Tree Fl. Malaya 4: 36. 1989; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 14. 1994; T.Ming & A.Barfod in W.Zhengyi, P.H.Raven & H.Deyuan, Fl. China 11: 338. 2008.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree, 10–45 m high, dense crown spreading; bark pale to greyish-brown. Leaves variable in size and shape, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 10–45 by 2–10 cm, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate or obtuse; margin usually undulate; subcoriaceous, glabrous, shining, lateral nerves 12–30 per side, slender, arched, elevated on both surfaces, venation reticulate, distinct on both surfaces; petioles 2.5–13 cm long, cylindrical, convex beneath, grooved or flat above. Panicles terminal or in uppermost leaf axils, pyramidal, much branched, erect, flowers dense, 18–30 by 14–35 cm; peduncles puberulous, stout; bracts triangular, 1–3.5 by 1–2 mm, concave, puberulous. Flowers pale yellow; pedicels 1–3 mm long, puberulous; calyx 5-lobed, ovate-oblong, 2–3.5 by 1.2 mm, concave, pubescent especially outside; petals 5, elliptic, 3–5 by 2 mm, hairy, with 3 ridges; stamens 5, 1 fertile, filaments free, anthers ovoid; disc short cupular, 5-lobed or notched, papillose; ovary obliquely ovoid or subglobose, style excentric, 2 mm long. Drupes very variable in shape and size, oblong to ovoid, 5–30 by 4–10 cm, greenish-yellow or orange when ripe; endocarp with fibrous coat.

Thailand : Wild and widely cultivated.

Distribution : Throughtout the tropics and subtropics, usually cultivated, but also wild. India (type) to Indochina, Penninsular Malaysia, Malesia and Micronesia.

Ecology : Scattered in evergreen and deciduous forests, up to 650 m alt.

Vernacular : Mamuang (มะม่วง), mamuang ban (มะม่วงบ้าน); sa-kho (สะเคาะ), sa-kho-sa (ส่าเคาะส่า)(Karen-Mae Hong Son); pae (แป)(Lawa-Chiang Mai); mak-mong (หมักโม่ง)(Shan-Northern); trok (โตร้ก)(Chaobon-Nakhon Ratchasima); khu (ขุ)(Karen-Kanchanaburi); khok-lae (โคกแล้ะ)(Lawa-Kanchanaburi); sa-wai (สะวาย)(Khmer); mamuang suan (มะม่วงสวน)(Central); cho-chok (เจาะช้อก), chok (ช้อก)(Chong-Chanthaburi); mamuang kaleng (มะม่วงกะเล็ง), mamuang khi kwang (มะม่วงขี้กวาง)(Peninsular); pao (เปา)(Malay-Peninsula).

Notes: Based on the description of Mangifera siamensis Warbg. In Flora of Koh Chang (1916), the author reduce to this species, which falls within the range of variation for this species.