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13. Mangifera macrocarpa Blumewfo-0000371259

Bijdr.: 1158. 1826; Engl. in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 210. 1883; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t.364D. 1897; Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 16. 1908; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 2: 148. 1965; Ding Hou, Blumea 24: 26. 1978; Fl. Males. ser. 1, 8: 439. 1978; Kochummen, Tree Fl. Malaya 4: 37. 1989; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 16. 1994.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree, 15–30 m high; branches glabrous; bark grey, fissured. Leaves linear or linear lanceolate or oblong 15–30 by 2.5–5 cm, apex acuminate or rounded, base cuneate; chartaceous, lateral nerves 23–44 per side, slender, venation reticulate, prominent on both surfaces; petioles 3–6 cm. Panicles terminal, glabrous, stout, spreading, longer than leaves, 15–20 cm long, on a long peduncle. Flowers 5-merous; calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–3 mm; petals white, lanceolate, 8–9 by 2.7 mm, 3 prominent ridges, ca ¼ the length of petals; disc obscure, stamens 5, 1 fertile, 2.5 mm, filaments not connate at base, anthers ovoid-oblong, 1 mm long; sterile pistil ca 5 mm. Drupes obliquely broadly ellipsoid-globose, 8–12 cm long; flesh yellow, fibrous. Seeds not labyrinthine.

Thailand : Peninsular: Ranong.

Distribution : Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Malesia.

Ecology : In lowland evergreen forests.

Vernacular : Mamuang yai (มะม่วงใหญ่).