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Mangifera indica

Scientific name: Mangifera indica L.
Botanical family: ANACARDIACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Saint Lucia:

  • mango

Haiti:

  • mango

Guatemala:

  • mango

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Tree evergreen, 10-15 m high with a dense, rounded crown of foliage, bark resinous.  Leaves alternate, simple, spirally arranged, lanceolate-elliptical, 10-25 cm x 2.5-8 cm; inflorescence a terminal panicle ca 30 cm long; flowers 5-8 mm in diameter, greenish or yellowish, fragrant; fruit a fleshy drupe, ellipsoid to obliquely reniform, 5-15 cm long.

Voucher(s)

Girón,188,CFEH

Girón,810,CFEH

Graveson,1586,SLNH


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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