Mangifera indica
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Victoria Falls
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Victoria Falls
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Victoria Falls
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Val D'Or
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Magorogodo hills, Zomba Community
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De Villiers Road, New Alexandra Park.
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| Common names: | Mango (English) |
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| Description: |
Medium to large tree. Leaves alternate, simple, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate with a prominent midrib. Inflorescence a large (up to 30 cm long) pyramidal panicle with male and female flowers in the same panicle; axis reddish, shortly hairy. Sepals 5, green with whitish margin. Petals 5, 3-5 mm long, whitish with the 3-7 nerves yellow or reddish. Stamens 1(-2), fertile; staminodes 3(-4), very short. Disk c. 2 mm tall, thick. Fruit a large fleshy drupe, variable in shape and size, yellow to red when ripe. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | indica: of India |
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| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of East tropical Asia |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Gonimbrasia belina (Larval foodplant) Daphnis nerii (Larval foodplant) Eudocima materna (Larval foodplant) Anthene definita definita (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 479. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 253. Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 552. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 16. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 47. Parker, T. (2023). Common Trees of Mozambique The Tree Press, Austin, Texas, USA Pages 24 - 25. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 196. |
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