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17. Mangifera sylvatica Roxb.wfo-0001051922

Fl. Ind. 1: 644. 1832; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 15. 1876; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 304. 1877; Engl. in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 200. 1883; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t.364B. 1897; Parkinson, Forest Fl. Andaman Isl.: 139. 1923; Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1: 345. 1926; Kanjilal, Fl. Assam 1: 336. 1936; Chayamarit, Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 22: 17. 1994; T.Ming & A.Barfod in W.Zhengyi, P.H.Raven & H.Deyuan, Fl. China 11: 339. 2008.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree, 10–50 m high; bark greyish; branches glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 7–19.5 by 5.5–7 cm long, apex acute or shortly acuminate, base obtuse, subcoriaceous, lateral nerves 16–25 per side, strongly arched, with shorter intermediate nerves, venation densely reticulate, prominent on both surfaces; petioles 2.5–7.5 cm long, slender and swollen at base. Panicles terminal, ca 20 cm long, glabrous; peduncles slender; bracts triangular, 2.5 by 1.5 mm, glabrous. Flowers yellowish or pinkish-white; pedicels 4–6 mm, slender; calyx 5-lobed, ovate, 3 by 1 mm, glabrous; petals 5, oblong or linear-lanceolate, 4 by 1 mm, 3-nerved, acute and twisted, glabrous; fertile stamens 1, 4–5.5 mm long; disc 5-grooved, villous; ovary obliquely ovoid, ca 1 mm. Drupes obliquely ovoid, 7–8.5 by 4–5 cm, beaked, greenish-yellow when ripe, slightly compressed.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Pha Khao), Lampang (Wang Kwang); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng); PENINSULAR: Satun (Khuan Kalong).

Distribution : India (Assam – type), Nepal, Myanmar, Andaman Islands.

Ecology : In lowland and hill evergreen forests, by streams, 50–1,500 m alt. Flowering: February–May.

Vernacular : Mamuang chang yiap (มะม่วงช้างเหยียบ), mamuang paep (มะม่วงแป๊บ)(Northern); kho-maeng-sa (โค๊ะแมงซา)(Karen-Lampang); mamuang khitai (มะม่วงขี้ใต้)(Trat); som muang kluai (ส้มม่วงกล้วย)(Peninsular).

Notes: It somewhat resembles an ordinary mango tree in general appearance but it grows to a much larger size. The leaves are narrower and the petiole longer than those of the mango. The unripe fruit is more pleasantly aromatic than the mango.