Trees & Plants

Mango tree

Anbu, Aavi anbu, Koi anbu

Mangifera indica L.

Very commonly cultivated in homesteads A multipurpose tree widely planted for its delicious fruit. Tender as well as ripe fruits are of high value. The fruits are a good source of carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins. The wood is used for making dug-out boats, building constructi

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uses: A multipurpose tree widely planted for its delicious fruit. Tender as well as ripe fruits are of high value. The fruits are a good source of carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins. The wood is used for making dug-out boats, building construction etc. Ripe mango is recommended as a laxative, diuretic and restorative tonic. The leaves are chewed to give tone to the gums. The flowers and seed kernel are useful in hemoptysis, wounds, ulcers, anorexia, dyspepsia, uro-edema, gleet, to diarrhea, chronic dysentery and anemia.
family: Anacardiaceae
synonym: Mangifera austroyunnanensis Hu
description: Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark dark grey, rough with vertical fissures; exudation yellowish, gummy. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the apex of branchlets, its × 9-40 2.5-8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, are linear-oblong, base attenuate or acute, of apex acuminate, acute, coriaceous; lateral nerves 14-28 pairs; petiole 10-75 mm long, pulvinate. Flowers polygamous, yellowish- green, in terminal panicles; pedicels jointed; bract deciduous. Calyx 4-5 partite, ovate. Petals 4-5, oblong-obovate, subequal. Stamens 4-5, inserted inside or on the disc, fertile stamens 1 or 2. Fruit a drupe, 5-15 cm long, oblong-reniform, yellowish-red to greenish-yellow, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp fibrous; seed subreniform.
native range: Southern Asia
distribution: Pantropical - widely cultivated
english names: Mango tree · Cuckoo’s joy
flowering fruiting: January - May
occurrence maldives: Very commonly cultivated in homesteads