Mangifera sylvatica Roxb.

 
  • 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 sylvatica Roxb.
  • Common name : Wild mango
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bon-aam, Lakshmi am (Assamese)
    • Jungli am (Hindi)
    • Taw-thayet, Sinin-thayet (Burmese)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forests, 600 - 1900 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : A large tree with greyish bark, cut streaked dark reddish, then brown with little milky juice. Flowers white, in simple terminal panicles. Drupe nearly as large as a mango, much compressed, yellow when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Long and Rutland Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Thailand
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 99
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 61
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 139
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mangifera sylvatica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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