• Family : ANACARDIACEAE
  (Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ANACARDIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mangifera indica L.
• Common name : Mango Tree, Cuckoo's joy
• Vernacular name : Aam-ka-Pedh, Aam (Hindi); Mavu, Mavina mara (Kannada); Maamaram, Maa (Tamil); Mamidi chettu (Telugu); Aamra, Aamrah (Sanskrit); Amaram, Mavu, Moochi (Malayalam); Ambo, Amba (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Cultivated
• Comments / notes : Evergreen , semi-evergreen forests and widely cultivated. Known as king of fruits
• Key identification features : Large spreading evergreen tree
• Flower, Fruit : January-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : All Districts
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Common
  • Tamil Nadu : Common
• Native : Indo-Malaysia
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Data Deficient (DD)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mangifera indica. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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