The mangifera indica

BOTANICAL PROPERTIES

TAXONOMICAL CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom  ➔  Plantae

Class       ➔  Mangoliopsida

Phylum    ➔  Mangoliophyta

Order      ➔  Sapindales

Family     ➔  Anacardiaceae

Genus      ➔  Mangifera

Species    ➔  Indica

TREE
Large evergreen tree which grows to a height of 10 - 45 meters, dome shaped with dense foliage, typically heavy branched from a stout trunk. 

LEAVES
Spirally arranged on branches, linear-oblong, lanceolate – elliptical, pointed at both ends, the leaf blades mostly about 25-cm long and 8-cm wide, sometimes much larger, reddish and thinly flaccid when first formed and release an aromatic odour when crushed.

FRUIT

Large drupe, but shows a great variation in shape and size. It contains a thick yellow pulp, single seed and thick yellowish – red skin when ripe.

SEED

The seed is solitary, ovoid or oblong, encased in a hard, compressed fibrous endocarp.

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