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12. Mangifera lagenifera Griff.wfo-0000371258

Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 414. t.567. f. 3. 1854; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 18. 1876; Engl. in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 211. 1883; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65(2): 476. 1896; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t.365c. 1897; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 525. 1922; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1: 344. 1926; Corner, Ways. Trees 1: 110. 1952; Ding Hou, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 8: 433. 1978; Kochummen, Tree Fl. Malaya 4: 36. 1989; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 15. 1994.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Tree, up to 40 m high; bark grey, fissured and scaly. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, 5–17 by 2–5 cm, apex obtuse or rounded, base cuneate; thickly coriaceous, lateral nerves 10–23 per side, venation reticulate, obscure on both surfaces; petioles 2.5–7 cm long, flattened, swollen at base. Panicle terminal and also in apical leaf axils, puberulous. Flowers deep violet; calyx 5-lobed, pubescent outside; petals 5, oblanceolate or oblong, without ridges on the inner surfaces; disc cushion-shaped; ovary oboviod, glabrous; stamens 10, 5 fertile, filaments united at base. Drupes pyriform, 6 cm by 4–8 cm, pale dull green or greyish turning brownish; flesh thin, dirty white to dirty pink, sour and stringy.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Surat Thani (Ko Tao), Satun (Thung Nui, Khuan Kalong).

Distribution : Peninsular Malaysia (Malacca – type), Sumatra.

Ecology : Lowland forests, up to 150 m alt.

Vernacular : Mamuang pom (มะม่วงป้อม)(Central).