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Mangifera Mangifera Indica Mangifera Foetida

A mango is a stone fruit produced from trees belonging to the Mangifera genus. Mangoes are native to South Asia and the most widely cultivated variety is Mangifera indica, which has spread throughout the tropics. Mango trees can grow to 40 meters tall and live for over 300 years. The trees produce white flowers in panicles and the fruit takes 4-5 months to develop after flowering. Ripe mangoes vary in size, shape, color and flavor depending on the cultivar, but typically have a flat pit surrounded by sweet, fragrant pulp.

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Mangifera Mangifera Indica Mangifera Foetida

A mango is a stone fruit produced from trees belonging to the Mangifera genus. Mangoes are native to South Asia and the most widely cultivated variety is Mangifera indica, which has spread throughout the tropics. Mango trees can grow to 40 meters tall and live for over 300 years. The trees produce white flowers in panicles and the fruit takes 4-5 months to develop after flowering. Ripe mangoes vary in size, shape, color and flavor depending on the cultivar, but typically have a flat pit surrounded by sweet, fragrant pulp.

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mango is a stone fruit produced from numerous species of tropical trees belonging to


the flowering plant genus Mangifera, cultivated mostly for their edible fruit. Most of these species are
found in nature as wild mangoes. The genus belongs to the cashew family Anacardiaceae. Mangoes
are native to South Asia,[1][2] from where the "common mango" or "Indian mango", Mangifera indica,
has been distributed worldwide to become one of the most widely cultivated fruits in the tropics.
Other Mangifera species (e.g. horse mango, Mangifera foetida) are grown on a more localized basis.
Worldwide, there are several hundred cultivars of mango. Depending on the cultivar, mango fruit
varies in size, shape, sweetness, skin color, and flesh color which may be pale yellow, gold, or
orange.[1] Mango is the national fruit of India, and the national tree of Bangladesh.[3]

Mango trees grow to 35–40 m (115–131 ft) tall, with a crown radius of 10 m (33 ft). The trees are
long-lived, as some specimens still fruit after 300 years.[5] In deep soil, the taproot descends to a
depth of 6 m (20 ft), with profuse, wide-spreading feeder roots and anchor roots penetrating deeply
into the soil.[1] The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, 15–35 cm (5.9–13.8 in) long, and 6–
16 cm (2.4–6.3 in) broad; when the leaves are young they are orange-pink, rapidly changing to a
dark, glossy red, then dark green as they mature.[1] The flowers are produced in
terminal panicles 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in) long; each flower is small and white with five petals 5–
10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long, with a mild, sweet fragrance.[1] Over 500 varieties of mangoes are known,
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 many of which ripen in summer, while some give a double crop.[6] The fruit takes four to five months
from flowering to ripen.[1]
The ripe fruit varies according to cultivar in size, shape, color, sweetness, and eating quality.
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 Depending on cultivar, fruits are variously yellow, orange, red, or green.[1] The fruit has a single flat,
oblong pit that can be fibrous or hairy on the surface, and does not separate easily from the pulp.
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 The fruits may be somewhat round, oval, or kidney-shaped, ranging from 5–25 centimetres (2–
10 in) in length and from 140 grams (5 oz) to 2 kilograms (5 lb) in weight per individual fruit.[1] The
skin is leather-like, waxy, smooth, and fragrant, with color ranging from green to yellow, yellow-
orange, yellow-red, or blushed with various shades of red, purple, pink or yellow when fully ripe.[1]
Ripe intact mangoes give off a distinctive resinous, sweet smell.[1] Inside the pit 1–2 mm (0.039–
0.079 in) thick is a thin lining covering a single seed, 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) long. Mangoes
have recalcitrant seeds which do not survive freezing and drying.[7] Mango trees grow readily from
seeds, with germination success highest when seeds are obtained from mature fruits.[1]

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