Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Kuweni Mango, Kuwini, Kwini, Saipan Mango
Common Names in French:
Kuweni, Mangue Odorante, Manguier à Fruit Odorant, Manguier Odorant
Common Names in Indonesia:
Bembem
Common Names in Malay:
Bemban (Indonesia), Bembem (Indonesia), Kuini, Kweni
Common Names in Malaysia:
Kuini, Kweni
Description
Genus Mangifera
Trees
with simple
, entire leaves. Flowers disposed in terminal
panicles, small and polgamous. Calyx deciduous. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Stamens as many as the petals, with only 1 functional stamen. Ovary unilocular
, with a solitary ovule; style filiform
. Fruit a large succulent drupe.
A genus of 40 species in S.E. Asia and Indo-Malaya.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Burserales
()
- Baskerville, 1839
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- Lindley, 1830
- Subfamily:
Anacardioideae
()
- Genus:
Mangifera
()
- L., Sp. Pl. 200. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5:93. 1754
- Specific epithet:
odorata
- Griff.
- Botanical name: - Mangifera odorata Griff.
- Specific epithet:
odorata
- Griff.
- Genus:
Mangifera
(
- Subfamily:
Anacardioideae
(
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Burserales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Not. pl. asiat. 4:417. 1854
Name verified on 05-May-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Dec-1998
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mangifera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 169 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. acutigemma · M. africana · M. altissima (Pahutan) · M. amba · M. andamanica · M. anisodora · M. applanata · M. austro-indica · M. austro-yunnanensis · M. austroindica · M. axillaris · M. balba · M. beccarii · M. blommesteinii · M. bompardii · M. bullata · M. caesia (Malaysian Mango) · M. caloneura · M. cambodiana · M. campnospermoides · M. camptosperma (Bent-Seeded Mango) · M. casturi (Kalimantan Mango) · M. cochinchinensis · M. collina · M. curtisii · M. decandra · M. dewildei · M. domestica · M. dongnaiensis · M. duperreana · M. equina · M. flava · M. foetida (Bachang Mango) · M. fragrans · M. gabonensis · M. gandaria · M. gedebe · M. gedebi · M. gladiata · M. glauca · M. gracilipes · M. griffithii · M. havilandi · M. havilandii · M. 'Heidi' · M. hiemalis · M. horsfieldii · M. indica (Indian Mango) · M. indica 'Alampur Baneshan' · M. indica 'Ataulfo' (Mango Ataulfo) · M. indica 'Bailey's Marvel' (Mango) · M. indica 'Beverly' (Mango) · M. indica 'Bombay' (Mango) · M. indica 'Carrie' (Mango) · M. indica 'Chocanon' · M. indica 'Cogshall' · M. indica 'Dot' · M. indica 'East Indian' (Mango) · M. indica 'Edwards' · M. indica 'Fairchild' · M. indica 'Glenn' (Mango) · M. indica 'Golden Nugget' (Mango) · M. indica 'Haden' (Mango) · M. indica 'Hatcher' · M. indica 'Ice Cream' · M. indica 'Irwin' · M. indica 'Jakarta' (Mango) · M. indica 'Julie' · M. indica 'Keitt' (Mango) · M. indica 'Kent' (Mango) · M. indica 'Lancetilla' · M. indica 'Mallika' (Mango) · M. indica 'Manila Mango' · M. indica 'Miami' · M. indica 'Mulgoba' · M. indica 'Nam Doc Mai' (Mango) · M. indica 'Okrung' · M. indica 'Palmer' (Mango) · M. indica 'Philippine' (Mango) · M. indica 'Tommy Atkins' (Mango) · M. indica 'Valencia Pride' · M. indica var. Julie (Julie Mango) · M. inocarpoides · M. integrifolia · M. kemanga · M. khasiana · M. khoonmengiana · M. kukula · M. lagenifera · M. lalijiwa · M. lanceolata · M. langong · M. laurina · M. laxiflora · M. leschenaultii · M. linearifolia · M. linnaei · M. longipes (Mango Ayer) · M. longipetiolata · M. macrocarpa
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Further Reading
- Annales des sciences naturelles. Paris: Fortin, Masson, 1834-1937. FRE url p. 22.
- Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
- Bompard, J.M. 1988. Wild Mangifera species in Kalimantan (Indonesia) and in Malaysia. Final report on the 1986-1988 collecting missions. WWF Project No. 3305. Rome, IBPGR, IUCN-WWF..
- Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. ENG url p. 334.
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
- Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome.
- Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 441.
- Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 1299, p. 597, p. 750.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. ENG url p. 4, p. 47, p. 83.
- Kostermans, A. J. G. H. & J. M. Bompard. 1993. The Mangoes. Their botany, nomenclature, horticulture and utilization. (Mangoes) 167–171.
- Kostermans, A.J.G.H. and Bompard, J.-M. 1993. TheMangoes. Academic Press Ltd., London.
- Loc, P.K. 1992. Annotations to: Conservation status listing for Vietnam dated 25 March 1992 (unpublished).
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
- Mukherjee, S.K. 1985. Systematic and ecogeographic studies of crop genepools: 1. Mangifera L. Rome, IBPGR Secretariat.
- Ng, P.K.L. and Wee, Y.C. (eds) 1994. The Singapore Red Data Book. The Nature Society, Singapore.
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:218.
- Whitmore, T.C. 1990. Comments on draft listing of tropical timbers of Peninsular Malaysia.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 6, 2006.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera odorata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670443
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-506474
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69943-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 23354
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506474
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 69943-1
- IUCN ID: 31401
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MAOD
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49031
Footnotes
- Yasin J. Nasir "Mangifera". in Flora of Pakistan Page 19. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
