- 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 IPNI) : 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 : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, widely cultivated.
- Comments / notes : Known as king of fruits
- Key identification features : Large spreading evergreen tree
- Flower, Fruit : January-July
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 04/02/1970
- Collection Nos : CJS 16177
- Collection Locality : Yettinahalla, Shiradi ghat, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : All Districts
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bhutan, Belize, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bhutan, Belize, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mangifera indica. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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