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| Distribution | Native to Asia, widely cultivated in practically all tropical and some subtropical regions.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Evergreen tree, 10–40 m tall, crown large and spreading.
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Leaves
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Leaves leathery, petiolate; blade oblong-lanceolate, 5–32 cm long, 1.5–10 cm wide, glabrous, margin usually undulate, entire, apex acute to long acuminate; petiole 1–8 cm long.
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Flowers
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Inflorescences paniculate, terminal, 20‒35 cm, glabrous to tomentose-pilose; bracts ca. 1.5 mm, lanceolate pubescent. Flowers on pedicel 1.5–3 mm; sepals 2–3 mm, pilose; petals greenish white or tinged purple, 3.5–4 mm, tips recurved; stamens (1–)4–5, only 1(2) fertile.
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Fruit
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Fruit asymmetrical, green with yellow spots or yellowish green to yellowish orange, at maturity sometimes with a purple to red blush, oblong-subreniform, 5–15 cm long, 6–8 cm thick, mesocarp orange, thick, and juicy.
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Seeds
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Seed 5–7 cm long.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 40.
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Notes
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Some people are allergic to the mango plant. The wood is used for bowls and other objects, and the fruit is popular eaten raw, ripe or unripe.
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Contributor
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Nancy Khan
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