Eden

Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Mangifera indica L. (ANACARDIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Mango, Manga, Mempelam, Empelam

Description

Evergreen or semi-deciduous tree to 30 m tall with dense spreading crown. Leaves 12-32 cm long, spirally arranged. Flowers cream or pale greenish yellow, fragrant, in pyramidal branched clusters. Fruits 5-25 cm long, oval to ovoid-oblong drupe, green ripening yellow, flesh yellow or orange, juicy, often fibrous.

Ecology

Probably native in lowland evergreen and semi-deciduous forests to lower montane forest, to 1,700 m elevation.

Distribution

Widely cultivated, origin likely India to SE Asian.

Uses

Widely cultivated for its fruits, many varieties have been selected.