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Mango

Mango is a large, evergreen tree with a dark green, umbrella-shaped, spreading crown. It can grow from 10 - 45 metres tall. The long bole can be 60 - 120cm in diameter. The tree has a deep, tap-root system

Uses

Angina, Asthma, Cough, Diabetes, Dental problems, Skin irritations, Stubborn colds, Obstinate diarrhoea, Bleeding piles, Dysentery, Scorpion stings.

Parts Used

Fruits, Flowers, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

It contains the essential oil isolated from the leaves and fruit peels of Mangifera indica L. by hydro distillation was analyzed by combined GC and GC/MS. The leaves of M. indica were rich in sesquiterpenes, while fruit peel oil consisted of very high amount of monoterpenes. The dominant compounds in mango leaf oil were δ-3-carene, α-gurjunene, β-selinene and β-caryophyllene, while fruit peel oil yielded mainly δ-3-carene and α-pinene.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Maavina mara, Maavu
Hindi	Aam
Malayalam	Amram, Mavu, Gomanna
Tamil	Maamaram, Manga-maram, Mankai,
Telugu	Maamidi, Mamidi-chettu
Marathi	Aamba, Am, Ambo
Gujarathi
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Amra, Amravrikshaha, Madhavadruma bhringabhishta, Kokilavasa
English	Mango

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Evergreen tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Alternate	Clustered at the tips of branchlets, 9.2-40 x 2.5-8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, linear-oblong, apex acuminate, acute or obtusely acute, base attenuate or acute,margin entire, glabrous, shiny, coriaceous; petiole 10-75 mm long, stout, glabrous, pulvinate; lateral nerves 14-28 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Polygamous	Terminal panicles	Yellow		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

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Drupe	5-15 cm long, oblong-reniform			Yellowish-red, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp fibrous; seed subreniform.	Flowering and fruiting - January to May

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

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Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

The optimal climate for growing mango ranges from the monsoon tropics to the frost-free subtropics, with a marked dry, or cool, season of at least three months to promote flowering. Seed - best sown as soon as ripe. Wash the seed, dry in shade and sow about 5cm deep with the convex side up. Germination takes about 18 days if the seed is peeled first, or 30 days if it is not. Give the seedlings some shade as they grow. Plants that are raised in nursery beds can be transplanted without much difficulty before the taproot has developed to any great extent. However, seedlings raised in baskets or containers are preferable. Grafting onto a polyembryonic stock^[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Humid tropical forests, Open and secondary formations.

Photo Gallery

Fruits
Flower
Hole plant
Leaves
Stem

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] Chemical constituents

[Common_names-2] Verneculer names

[Leaf-3] Morphology

[Ayurvedic_preparations-4] Ayurvedic preparations

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-5] Cultivation

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