Mangifera indica L. - mango
Mangifera indica L. - mango
Mangifera indica L. - mango
Mangifera indica L. - mango
Mangifera indica L. - mango
Mangifera indica L. - mango
MT026 : Mangifera indica L.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 95 |
| Synonym | : | Mangifera amba Forsk.;
Mangifera anisodora Blanco.;
Mangifera austro-yunnanensis Hu.;
Mangifera domestica Gaertn.;
Mangifera gladiata Boj.;
Mangifera integrifolia Gen ex Crevost & Lemarie.;
Mangifera kukula Bl.;
Mangifera laurina Bl.;
Mangifera linnaei Korth. ex Hassk.;
Mangifera maritima Lechaume.;
Mangifera montana Heybe ex Wight & Arn.;
Mangifera racemosa Boj.;
Mangifera rostrata Blanco.;
Mangifera rubra Boj.;
Mangifera sativa Roem. & Schult.;
Mangifera viridis Boj.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Amba, K-Am, Mango • Hindi: Am • Manipuri: Heinou • Tamil: Ma • Telugu: Mamidi • Malayalam: Mangga • Kannada: Mavina mara • Marathi: Amba • Konkani: Ambo |
| Plant Family | : | Anacardiaceae |
| Description | : | Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark 2-2.5 cm, dark grey, rough with vertical fissures; blaze yellow; exudation yellowish, gummy. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 10-75 mm long, stout, glabrous, pulvinate; lamina 9.2-40 x 2.5-8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, linear-oblong, base attenuate or acute, apex acuminate, acute or obtusely acute, margin entire, glabrous, shiny, coriaceous; lateral nerves 14-28 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers polygamous, yellowish-green, in terminal panicles; pedicels jointed; bract deciduous; calyx 4-5 partite, ovate, imbricate, hairy without, cauducous; petals 4-5, oblong-obovate, subequal, nerves at base gland crested, free or adnate to the disc; disc fleshy, cupular, 4-5 lobed; stamens 4-5, inserted inside or on the disc, fertile stamens 1 or 2; filaments free, glabrous; staminodes gland-tipped; ovary sessile, superior, oblique, 1-celled, ovule pendulous; style lateral; stigma simple. Fruit a drupe, 5-15 cm long, oblong-reniform, compressed, yellowish-red, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp fibrous; seed subreniform. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Near Village |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are astringent and odontalgic. An infusion is drunk to reduce blood pressure and as a treatment for conditions such as angina, asthma, coughs and diabetes. Externally, the leaves are used in a convalescent bath. A mouthwash made from the leaves is effective in hardening the gums and helping to treat dental problems. The leaves are used to treat skin irritations. The charred and pulverized leaves are used to make a plaster for removing warts and also act as a styptic. The seed is astringent, antiDiarrheal; anthelmintic when roasted. It is used to treat stubborn colds and coughs, obstinate Diarrhea and bleeding piles. The pulverised seed is made into a sweetened tea and drunk, or taken as powders, for treating dysentery. The seeds are ground up and used to treat scorpion stings. The bark is astringent, homeostatic and antirheumatic. Used in the treatment of haemorrhage, Diarrhea and throat problems. When incised, the bark yields an oleoresin which is stimulant, sudorific and antisyphilitic. The stem is astringent. It is used to treat Diarrhea and to remedy stomach-ache. The roots are diuretic. The flowers are aphrodisiac. The fruit is antiscorbutic and antidysenteric.Various parts of plant are used as a dentrifrice, anti-septic, astringent, diaphoretic, stomachic, vermifuge, tonic, laxative and diuretic and to treat Diarrhea, dysentery, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, cough, hypertension, insomnia, rheumatism, toothache, Leucorrhoea, haemorrhage and piles. All parts are used to treat abscesses, broken horn, rabid dog or jackal bite, tumour, snake bite, stings, datura poisoning, heat stroke, miscarriage, anthrax, blisters, wounds in the mouth, tympanitis, colic, Diarrhea, glossitis, indigestion, bacillosis, bloody dysentery, liver disorders, excessive urination, tetanus and asthma. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Mangiferin; isomangiferin; gallic acid; protocatechic acid; catechin; kinic acid; shikimic acid; Indicoside A; Indicoside B; manghopanal; mangoleanone; friedelin; mangsterol; manglupenone; mangocoumarin; n-tetacosane; n-heneicosane; n-triacontane; mangiferolic acid methyl ester; 9-hydroxy mangiferonic acid; ethyl gallate; methyl gallate; n-propyl gallate; n-pentyl gallate; n-octyl gallate; 4-phenyl gallate; 6-phenyl-n-hexyl gallate; dihydrogallic acid; humulene; elemene; ocimene; linalool; nerol; beta-carotene; urushiols; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (8): Catechin; Friedelin; Ocimene; Linalool; Nerol; Ethyl gallate; Gallic Acid; Methyl gallate; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mangifera+indica
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33485
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249901/ |
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| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Sapindales |
| Family | : Anacardiaceae - Sumac family |
| Genus | : Mangifera L. - mango |
| Species | : Mangifera indica L. - mango |