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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Mangifera foetida Lour. (ANACARDIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Horse Mango, Machang, Bachang, Pachu

Description

Medium-sized tree to 20 m tall. Leaves spirally arranged, 12-28 cm long. Flowers red or pink in pyramidal branched clusters. Fruits 7.5-10 cm long, obliquely ovoid or oblong, slightly flattened, thick-skinned, grey-green ripening yellow, flesh yellow, very fibrous with strong turpentine-like smell.

Ecology

Lowland forest.

Distribution

Widely cultivated. Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Moluccas. Naturalised in Myanmar, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines and New Guinea.

Uses

A popular fruit tree in Malaysia and Thailand. The heartwood has a streaked grain and is used for furniture. It is sometimes planted as a street tree.