Mangifera indica L.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Anacardiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Large tree, usually with clear resinous sap. Leaves simple, aggregate at branch tips; blades 10-25 x 2.5-6 cm, often falcate, oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, with prominent primary and secondary veins, the apex acute or acuminate, the base oblique and tapering, the margins entire or slightly undulate; petioles 1-5 cm long. Panicles 20-40 cm long, the rachis with minute yellowish hairs; bracts and bracteoles 1-1.5 mm long, lanceolate, yellowish. Calyx with same indument as rachis, the sepals 5, lanceolate, 2 mm long; petals 5, spatulate or oblong, 3-3.5 mm long, turning from yellowish green to reddish green; 1 fertile stamen projecting beyond the petals; ovary nearly globose, sessile, the style sublateral and curved, the stigma punctiform. Fruit a drupe, 8-15 cm long, ovoid, fleshy, turning from green to yellow or orange. Stones (seeds) 5-8 cm long, flattened ovoid-reniform.
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Discussion
The resin of the plant, including the fruit, may cause contact dermatitis in some people.