Mangifera macrocarpa Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Mangifera

Characteristics

Tree up to 37 m high and 80 cm Ø. Bark pink, rather smooth, or fissured with strips 2-3 cm wide. Leaves chartaceous, linear, linear-lanceolate, rarely spathulate, (9-)15-60 by (1½45-)3½-5 cm; base attenuate or acute; apex acuminate; nerves 23-44 pairs, distinct or rather faint on both surfaces; veins reticulate, faint or obscure, rarely distinct on both surfaces; petiole (1½-)3½-7(-11) cm, bicana-liculate or flat above, convex beneath. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, up to 20 cm long, glabrous; lateral branches up to 6 cm long, laxly flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate or triangular, 1-1½ mm long; pedicels c. 1½5 mm. (Only ♂ flowers seen). Calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, 1¾-4 mm, glabrous. Petals 5, lanceolate, 8 by 2¾ mm; ridges 3, c. ½5 the length of petals, confluent at the basal 1 mm. Disk pulvinate, c. 1/5 mm high, 1 mm wide, 5-lobed, not papillose. Stamens 5,1 fertile, 2½ mm; filaments not connate at the base; anthers ovoid-oblong, 1 mm long. Sterile pistil c. ½ mm. Drupe (HOOK.f. l.c. and BACK & BAKH. f l.c.) obliquely broadly oblong-globose, 8-12 cm long; fresh yellow, fibrous. Seed not labyrinthine.
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A tree. It grows 37 m tall. The trunk can be 70 cm across. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped. They are 9-60 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. They are papery. The fruit is broadly oval and oblique. It is fleshy. It is 8-12 cm long. The flesh is yellow.
Life form perennial
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Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 37.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. They grow in the humid tropics. It grows in the lowlands and on hill ridges. It grows from sea level up to 150 m above sea level.
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In lowlands and on hill ridges in dense, primary, evergreen forests. Lowland wet, evergreen forest.
Lowland forest, occasionally found at c. 700 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The flesh of the ripe fruit is eaten raw.
Uses timber wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds.
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Distribution

Mangifera macrocarpa world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Iceland, Cambodia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand

Conservation status

Mangifera macrocarpa threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69929-1
WFO ID wfo-0000371259
COL ID 6R4KS
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Synonyms

Mangifera fragrans Mangifera macrocarpa