Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Mangifera indica L.
Family Name	Anacardiaceae.
Common Name	Mango, Mangga, Mempelam, Pauh, Mangas, Mempalam.
Tamil Name	மாமரம் (Maamaram)
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Asia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Mangifera indica grows as a tree to 20 metersin height with a diameter to 1 meter. Leaves: simple, deep green, up to 30cm long and 7 cmwide, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate in shape, witentire and slightly undulate margins. Flower: panicle. Calyx: Sepal composed of five ovate-lanceolate, finely pubescent, concave sepals Corolla: Petal five elliptic-lanceolate to obovatelance-olate. Fruit: large drupe, but shows a great variation in shape and size. Seeds: solitary, ovoid or oblong, encased in a hard, compressed fibrous endocarp.
Flowering and Fruiting	January to February
Key Compounds	micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), and phytochemicals (phenolic, polyphenol, pigments, and volatile constituents).
Medicinal Use	The bark used against rheumatism and diphtheria. Mango kernel decoction used as vermifuges diarrhea, hemorrhages and bleeding hemorrhoids.
At the Campus	Backside of main office