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Mangifera indica

Mango

Scientific Name- Mangifera indica 

Common Name- Mangifera indica, also known as mango, aam 

Family – Anacardiaceae 

Habit type – tree 

Leaves 

The leaves are simple, deep green, up to 30 cm long and 7 cm wide, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate in shape, with entire and slightly undulate margins. The midrib is yellow and quite visible, and the leaves also tend to droop downwards slightly. Young flushes are coppery red to bronze in colour. 

Bark 

Trunk stout, 90 cm in diameter; bark brown, smoothish, with many thin fissures; thick, becoming darker, rough and scaly or furrowed; branchlets rather stout, pale green and hairless. 

Flower 

Individual flowers are tiny, yellow to pinkish white, but borne on large, showy panicles with red peduncles, and are considered fragrant. The flowers—small, pinkish, and fragrant—are borne in large terminal panicles (loose clusters). Some have both stamens and pistils, while others have stamens only. 

Fruit 

The most famous part of this tree, the fruit is a large drupe, up to 20 cm long, ovoid-oblong in shape, with green, yellow or red skin often slightly glaucous. It hangs from the branches on long stalks. The flesh when ripe is yellow, juicy and very fragrant. 

FACTS & MEDICINAL USES 

The leaves produce a cooling effect and are used to treat fever and colds. The charred leaves are applied to warts to remove 

them. Mango trees can be converted to lumber once their fruit-bearing lifespan has finished. The wood is used for musical instruments such as ukuleles.