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Mangifera Indica - Mango

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[[File:Mangifera indica 'Gold Nugget' - Fruit and Spice Park Mangga arumanis 071215- Homestead, Florida - DSC090522670 jbrti.jpg|thumb|right|''Mango'']]'''Mango ''' is a large, evergreen tree with a dark green, umbrella-shaped, spreading crown; it . 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==
{{Uses|Angina}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|CoughsCough}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Dental problems}}, {{Uses|Skin irritations}}, {{Uses|Stubborn colds}}, {{Uses|Obstinate diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Scorpion stings}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|leavesLeaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa= Amra, Amravrikshaha, Madhavadruma bhringabhishta, Kokilavasa|en= Mango|gu= |hi= Aam|kn= |ks= Maavina mara, Maavu|ml= Amram, Mavu, Gomanna|mr= |pa= Aamba, Am, Ambo|ta= Maamaram, Manga-maram, Mankai, |te=Maamidi, Mamidi-chettu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu
===Veerya===
Sheeta
===Vipaka===
Katu
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
<ref name="Properties"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen Treetree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|ParipinnateSimple|OblongAlternate|Leaf Arrangementis AlternateClustered at the tips of branchlets, 9.2-40 x 2.5-8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, linear-spiraloblong, apex acuminate, acute or obtusely acute, base attenuate or acute,margin entire, glabrous, shiny, coriaceous}}<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/or axillary pseudoracemesdisc; disc fleshy, cupular, 4-5 lobed.}}
===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===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Katakakhadiradi kashayam]]
* [[Nyagrodhadi churna]]
* [[Patrangasava]]
* [[Brihat Gangadhara churna]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2010.9700279?journalCode=tjeo20 "Chemical constituents"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"Morphology]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://tropicalpfaf.theferns.infoorg/user/viewtropicalPlant.phpaspx?idLatinName=Mangifera+indica Cultivation]</ref><ref name="CultivationAyurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/08/20/mango-uses/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="Common names">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 Verneculer names]</ref> <ref name="Properties">Planet Ayurveda</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Anacardiaceae]]

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