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14. Mangifera odorata Griff.wfo-0000371112

Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 417. 1854; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 17. 1876; Engl. in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 210. 1883; King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65. 474. 1896; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 524. 1922; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 2: 149. 1965; Ding Hou, Blumea 24: 26. 1978; Fl. Males. ser. 1, 8: 437. 1978; Kochummen, Tree Fl. Malaya 4: 37. 1989; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 16. 1994.— M. foetida var. odorota (Griff.) Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t.365B. 1897.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree, 25 m high; bark greyish-yellow, smooth, fissured. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or oblong, 16–42 by 5.5–10.5 cm, apex obtuse or abruptly acuminate, base obtuse, rarely cuneate, coriaceous, surfaces dull, lateral nerves 18–30 per side, yellowish, straight, distinct on both surfaces; petioles 3.5–6.5 cm, stout, thickened from middle to base. Panicles terminal, lax, ca 30 cm long, puberulous; bracts triangular, 1–4 by 1–1.5 mm, puberulous. Flowers white or yellowish, becoming deep pink, fragrant; pedicels 4–6 mm, slender; calyx lobes oblong-ovate, 2 by 1 mm, veined, glabrous; petals 5, elliptic, with 3–5 short basal ridges, glabrous; stamens 5, 1 fertile, filament 2 mm long; disc 5-lobed; ovary subglobose, style sublateral, 2 mm long. Drupes obliquely ovoid, ellipsoid or oblong, 7.5–12.5 cm long, fragrant, green to yellowish-green with brown dots; flesh light yellow, sweet. Seeds much compressed, covered with rather thick fibre.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Suthep), Lampang.

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

Ecology : Sporadic in evergreen forests, 400–1,000 m alt. Commonly cultivated.

Vernacular : Mamuang chingrit (มะม่วงจิ้งหรีด), mamuang pa (มะม่วงป่า)(Central); kinning (กินนิง)(Narathiwat).