Mango: Mangifera, Consisting of Numerous Tropical Fruiting Trees, Cultivated

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Mango
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Themangoisajuicystonefruit(drupe)belongingtothegenus
Mangifera,consistingofnumeroustropicalfruitingtrees,cultivated
mostlyforediblefruit.Themajorityofthesespeciesarefoundinnature
aswildmangoes.Theyallbelongtothefloweringplantfamily
Anacardiaceae.ThemangoisnativetoSouthAsia,[2][3]fromwhereit
hasbeendistributedworldwidetobecomeoneofthemostcultivated
fruitsinthetropics.

Mango

WhileotherMangiferaspecies(e.g.horsemango,Mangiferafoetida)
arealsogrownonamorelocalizedbasis,Mangiferaindicathe
"commonmango"or"Indianmango"istheonlymangotree
commonlycultivatedinmanytropicalandsubtropicalregions.
ItisthenationalfruitofIndia,Pakistan,andthePhilippines,andthe
nationaltreeofBangladesh.[4]
Fruit

Contents
1 Description
2 Etymology
3 Cultivation
3.1 Cultivars
4 Production
5 Food
5.1 Cuisine
5.2 Foodconstituents
5.2.1 Nutrients
5.2.2 Phytochemicals
5.3 Flavor
6 Potentialforcontactdermatitis
7 Culturalsignificance
8 Gallery
9 Seealso
10 References
11 Furtherreading
12 Externallinks

Description

Scientificclassification
Kingdom:

Plantae

(unranked):

Angiosperms

(unranked):

Eudicots

(unranked):

Rosids

Order:

Sapindales

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Genus:

Mangifera

Species:

M.indica
Binomialname

Mangiferaindica
L.

Synonyms
Mangiferaaustroyunnanensis
Hu[1]

Mangotreesgrowupto3540m(115131ft)tall,withacrownradius
of10m(33ft).Thetreesarelonglived,assomespecimensstillfruitafter300years.[5]Indeepsoil,thetaproot
descendstoadepthof6m(20ft),withprofuse,widespreadingfeederrootsthetreealsosendsdownmany
anchorroots,whichpenetrateseveralfeetofsoil.Theleavesareevergreen,alternate,simple,1535cm(5.9
13.8in)long,and616cm(2.46.3in)broadwhentheleavesareyoungtheyareorangepink,rapidly
changingtoadark,glossyred,thendarkgreenastheymature.Theflowersareproducedinterminalpanicles
1040cm(3.915.7in)longeachflowerissmallandwhitewithfivepetals510mm(0.200.39in)long,
withamild,sweetodorsuggestiveoflilyofthevalley.Over400varietiesofmangoesareknown,manyof
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