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[[File:Mangifera indica 'Gold Nugget' Mangga arumanis 071215- Fruit and Spice Park - Homestead, Florida - DSC090522670 jbrti.jpg|thumb|right|''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
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa= amra, amravrikshaha, madhavadruma bhringabhishta, kokilavasa|en=Mango|gu= |hi= aam|kn= maavina mara, maavu|ks= |ml= amram, mavu, gomanna|mr= aamba, am, ambo|pa= |ta= maa maram, manga-maram, mankai, |te=maamidi, mamidi-chettu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|ParipinnateSimple|Oblongalternate|Leaf Arrangementis Alternateclustered at the tips of branchlets, 9.2-spiral40 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.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|UnisexualPolygamous|2-4cm longTerminal panicles|pinkyellow||Flowering throughout 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 year and In terminal and/disc; disc fleshy, cupular, 4-5 lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted inside or on the disc, fertile stamens 1 or axillary pseudoracemes2; filaments free, glabrous; staminodes gland-tipped. Ovary sessile, superior, oblique, 1-celled, ovule pendulous; style lateral; stigma simple.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong podDrupe|Thinly septate5-15 cm long, pilose, wrinkledoblong-reniform|||seeds upto 5yellowish-red, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp fibrous; seed subreniform.|Fruiting throughout the yearFlowering and fruiting - January to May}}
===Other features===
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
