Mangifera indica L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Anacardiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Mangifera indica L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A large tree, sometimes 20 m. high or more, with a trunk up to 2.5 m. in diameter, the branches spreading, the stout twigs glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 15-25 cm. long, acute, acuminate or sometimes blunt at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous, dark green above, the petioles about 2.5 cm. long; panicles large, terminal, pubescent, the flowers very numerous, green, about 4 mm. wide; fruit pendulous, usually 8-12 cm. long, smooth, greenish or yellowish, the flesh soft and juicy.

  • Discussion

    Comocladia integkifolia L., recorded by Dolley, has not been found by us on any of the cays or islands of the archipelago; it is only known to inhabit Jamaica and Hispaniola.

    Anacardium occidentale L. and Spoxdias lutea L., recorded as Bahamian by Dolley, have not been found by us in a wild state within the archipelago.

  • Distribution

    Wood-lands, New Providence. Naturalized. Native of tropical Asia. Widely naturalized in the West Indies and tropical continental America. Mango.

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