Mangifera persiciforma C.Y.Wu & T.L.Ming

Species

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Characteristics

Trees, 10-19 m tall; branchlets grayish brown, glabrous. Petiole 1.5-3.5 cm, grooved apically, inflated basally; leaf blade narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 11-20 × 2-2.8 cm, leathery, glabrous, deep green adaxially, light green abaxially, base cuneate, margin entire, undulate, apex acute or shortly acuminate, lateral veins ca. 20 pairs, midrib elevated on both sides, reticulate venation pattern prominent on both sides. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal, branched basally, 10-19 cm, glabrous; floral subtending bracts triangular, ca. 1.5 mm. Pedicels ca. 2 mm, articulated. Sepals ovate, ca. 2 × 1.5 mm, glabrous, concave. Petals yellowish green, with 4 or 5 brown prominent veins adaxially, oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm. Fertile stamen 1, 2.5-3 mm; staminodes (1 or)2 or 3; anthers absent. Disk 4-or 5-lobed. Ovary globose, ca. 1.2 mm in diam. at anthesis; style subterminal, shorter than fertile stamen. Drupe rounded to slightly compressed, 4-5 cm in diam.; mesocarp thin; endocarp oblique, ovate or rhomboid-ovate, compressed, ca. 4 × 2.5 cm. Fl. Apr, fr. May-Jun.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 10-19 m high. The leaves are sword shaped. They are 10-20 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The edges are wavy. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow. They are in groups 12-19 cm long at the ends of branches. The fruit are 5 cm long and 4 cm across. They have a large stone.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in southern China in mountains between 600-800 m altitude. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Mangifera persiciforma world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69953-1
WFO ID wfo-0001051918
COL ID 72SMR
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Synonyms

Mangifera persiciforma Mangifera hiemalis