Bouea burmanica Griff.

 
  • Family : ANACARDIACEAE
    (Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Anacardiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bouea angustifolia Blume; Bouea brandisiana Kurz; Bouea diversifolia Miq.; Bouea microphylla Griff.; Bouea myrsinoides Blume; Bouea oppositifolia var. microphylla (Griff.) Merr.; Cambessedea oppositifolia (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Voigt; Haplospondias brandisiana (Kurz) Kosterm.; Haplospondias haplophylla (Airy Shaw & Forman) Kosterm.; Manga acida Noronha; Mangifera gandaria Roxb.; Mangifera oppositifolia Roxb.; Matpania laotica Gagnep.; Spondias haplophylla Airy Shaw & Forman
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bouea oppositifolia (Roxb.) Meisn.
  • Common name : The Marian tree
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mayan (Burmese)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : The fruit has a taste like that of the mango, but is rather more acid; it is used pickling
  • Key identification features : A small treewith a dark-coloured bark, cut brownish with a little yellowish juice. Flowers small, in axillary and terminal panicles. Fruit ellipsoid, yellow when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-June
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island),Baratang Island
  • Native : Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 141
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bouea burmanica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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